| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 流れ | ながれ | stream, current, flow |
| 交流 | こうりゅう | intercourse, (cultural) exchange, intermingling; alternating current, AC |
| 流す | ながす | to drain, to pour, to spill, to shed (blood, tears); to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.), to circulate, to broadcast, to beam; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float, to set adrift |
| 流通 | りゅうつう | circulation of money or goods, flow of water or air, distribution; negotiable (e.g. shares) |
| 主流 | しゅりゅう | main current (stream), mainline, mainstream |
| 流出 | りゅうしゅつ | discharge, outward flow, efflux, effluence; leak of (private) information or pictures |
| 流行 | りゅうこう, はやり | fashion, fad, vogue, craze |
| 一流 | いちりゅう | first-class, top grade, school (of art), foremost, top-notch, unique |
| 流動 | りゅうどう | flow |
| 火砕流 | かさいりゅう | pyroclastic flow (type of volcanic eruption), stone wind |
