主流|しゅりゅうshuryuu[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjective(the) mainstream
   ユダヤ正統派せいとうはの主流しゅりゅうから外はずれた部分ぶぶんにおいては、黙示録もくしろくはある種しゅの運動うんどうに対たいして、より成功せいこうを収おさめたのである。↗

   Outside the mainstream of orthodox Judaism, the apocalyptic books were more successful with certain movements.
2. nounmain course (of a river); main stream

• Related多数派たすうはNeutralThe group with the most members; the focus is on numbers. 「主流」 is the central trend or faction, not necessarily the largest.
• Antonym支流しりゅうNeutralMainly a river tributary, but also an offshoot school or faction. Opposite of 「主流」 in its main-stream-of-a-river sense.
• Antonym傍流ぼうりゅうWrittenA tributary, or a faction outside the mainstream; mostly written/formal prose, as in 「傍流の出身」. Opposite of 「主流」 as periphery to center.
• Antonym非主流NeutralFactions or styles that do not belong to the mainstream; can be set directly against 「主流」, as in 「非主流派」.

Use 「主流」 for the central trend or school. When the point is sheer numbers, say 「多数派」; the opposite side is 「非主流」; for branches of a river, 「支流」.

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1. 川かわなどの主おもな流ながれ。
2. 思想しそうや学問がくもんなどの中心ちゅうしんとなる流派りゅうは。