How to say "flow" in Japanese

• 流れながれJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe noun for the flow, stream, or current of a liquid or gas — a river's flow, an air current. Use it when 'flow' is a thing rather than an action.
  流ながれは池いけに注そそいでいる。↗

  The stream falls into the pond.
• フローCommon
  nounThe katakana loanword, used in business and technical talk for the flow of work, money, information, and the like; for a river's current you want 流れ or 流れる instead.
• 流れるながれるJLPT N3approx.Common
  ichidan verb, intransitive verbThe verb: to flow or stream. It covers liquids on the move, the passing of time, even ink running — use it whenever you want to say that something flows.
  セーヌ川かわはパリを流ながれている。↗

  The Seine flows through Paris.
• 流動りゅうどうCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbA noun meaning flow, especially the movement of liquids and gases viewed as a physical phenomenon; it turns up in technical and scientific writing.
• 続きつづきJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounCovers the flow of a piece of writing and the pacing of a story — how the text moves from one part to the next. The word also means 'continuation'.

「流れる」 is the verb for liquids and time, 「流れ」 the noun for a fluid current, 「フロー」 the loanword used in business and technical talk, 流動 the technical noun, and 「続き」 the flow or pacing of a piece of writing.

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• 流れながれflow (of a fluid or gas)
• フローflow
• 流れるながれるto stream
• 流動りゅうどうflow
• 湧き出るわきでるto gush forth (e.g. water from a spring)
• はけるto drain
• たなびくto trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.)
• 通りとおりflow (of water, air, etc.)
• 続きつづきflow (e.g. of a piece of writing)
• 回転かいてんturnover (of goods, funds, etc.)
• 満ちるみちるto rise (of the tide)
• 流通りゅうつうcirculation (of air, water, etc.)
• 通じるつうじるto flow (liquid, current)
• 通ずるつうずるto flow (liquid, current)
• 抜けぬけdefinition (of photograph)
• 出るでるto flow (e.g. tears)
• いくto stream
• 流りゅうflow