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    3. 急流

    急流

    急きゅう流りゅう

    swift current

    KMT10News #36+1Noun, ParticleNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab19 strokes

    きゅうりゅう

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    swift current, rapids

    Stroke 0 / 19

    Speed1.0x

    その川かわには急きゅう流りゅうがある。

    There are rapids in that river.

    KMT6Nature & Environment
    船ふねは急きゅう流りゅうに逆さからって進すすむのが困こん難なんだった。

    It was difficult for the boat to proceed against the swift current.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentTravel & Transportation
    人じん生せいは急きゅう流りゅうのようだ、と彼かれは詩しげ的きに語かたった。

    Life is like a swift current, he said poetically.

    KMT10LiteratureEmotions & Psychology
    急きゅう流りゅうが岩いわを削けずり、独どく特とくの地ち形けいを作つくり出だした。

    The swift current carved the rocks, creating a unique landscape.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    ラフティングチームは急きゅう流りゅうを下くだる準じゅん備びをしていた。

    The rafting team was preparing to go down the rapids.

    KMT10Sports & Martial ArtsNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    急
    いそ.ぐ・いそ.ぎ・せ.く…(1)
    hurry・emergency・sudden・steep
    流
    なが.れる・なが.れ・なが.す・-なが.す…(5)
    current・a sink・flow・forfeit
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