分流|ぶんりゅうbunryuu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verbdistributary; tributary; branched flow (river, current, etc.)
Conjugation
Dictionary form分流する(ぶんりゅうする)
Polite (masu)分流します(ぶんりゅうします)
Negative (nai)分流しない(ぶんりゅうしない)
polite (masen)分流しません(ぶんりゅうしません)
classical zu / nu分流せず・分流せぬ(ぶんりゅうせず・ぶんりゅうせぬ)
Past (ta)分流した(ぶんりゅうした)
polite (mashita)分流しました(ぶんりゅうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)分流しなかった(ぶんりゅうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)分流しませんでした(ぶんりゅうしませんでした)
Te form分流して(ぶんりゅうして)
Potential分流できる(ぶんりゅうできる)
Passive分流される(ぶんりゅうされる)
Causative分流させる(ぶんりゅうさせる)
Causative passive分流させられる(ぶんりゅうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)分流すれば(ぶんりゅうすれば)
tara分流したら(ぶんりゅうしたら)
Volitional分流しよう(ぶんりゅうしよう)
polite (mashou)分流しましょう(ぶんりゅうしましょう)
Imperative分流しろ(ぶんりゅうしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related派川はせんWrittenWritten/formal: a river channel branching off the main stream, common in river engineering. Unlike 「分流」, it does not cover the act of dividing or a school splitting off.
  • Antonym合流ごうりゅうNeutralMerging rather than splitting: rivers or crowds coming together, the direct opposite of 「分流」.
  • Antonym本流ほんりゅうNeutralThe main stream of a river, from which a 「分流」 branches off; by extension, the mainstream of thought.

Use 「分流」 for a flow branching off the main stream and dividing, also for crowds dispersing. For the channel itself in formal river-engineering contexts, use 「派川」; for merging use 「合流」, and for the main stream 「本流」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 本流ほんりゅうから分わかれて流ながれること。また、分わけて流ながすこと。
  2. 流派りゅうはが分わかれること。また、その流派りゅうは。分派ぶんぱ。
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