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    3. 主流

    主流

    主しゅ流りゅう

    (the) mainstream

    KMT4News #5+1Nature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab15 strokes

    しゅりゅう

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    (the) mainstream

    Noun

    2.
    main course (of a river), main stream

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    これは主しゅ流りゅうの意い見けんです。

    This is the mainstream opinion.

    KMT3Core Concepts
    その音おん楽がくジャンルは今いまや主しゅ流りゅうとなっている。

    That music genre has now become mainstream.

    KMT4Music & Entertainment
    この川かわはいくつかの支し流りゅうと合ごう流りゅうして主しゅ流りゅうとなる。

    This river merges with several tributaries to become the main stream.

    KMT5Nature & Environment
    環かん境きょうに配はい慮りょした製せい品ひんが、市し場じょうの主しゅ流りゅうになりつつある。

    Environmentally friendly products are becoming mainstream in the market.

    KMT5Business & FinanceNature & Environment
    かつては異いっ端たんとされた考かんがえが、今いまでは学がく術じゅつ界かいの主しゅ流りゅうを占しめている。

    Ideas once considered heresy now dominate the academic mainstream.

    KMT7EducationCore Concepts

    Kanji that make up this word

    主
    ぬし・おも・あるじ…(6)
    lord・chief・master・main thing・principal
    流
    なが.れる・なが.れ・なが.す・-なが.す…(5)
    current・a sink・flow・forfeit
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