交流【こうりゅう】
exchange (e.g. cultural), interchange, interaction, mingling, mixing, coming together, alternating current, AC
流れ【ながれ】
flow (of a fluid or gas), stream, current, flow (of people, things), passage (of time), tide, passing, (changing) trends, tendency, course (of events), (step-by-step) procedure, process, group of people who remain together after the end of an event, descent, ancestry, school, forfeiture, foreclosure, cancellation, drifting, wandering, roaming
流通【りゅうつう】
circulation (of money, goods, etc.), distribution, circulation (of air, water, etc.), ventilation, flow
流行【りゅうこう】
fashion, trend, vogue, craze, fad, popularity, prevalence (of a disease), epidemic
一流【いちりゅう】
first-class, first-rate, top-flight, top-ranking, leading, eminent, top, characteristic (of), peculiar (to), unique (to), school (e.g. of flower arrangement), one flag, one banner, one streamer
流す【ながす】
to drain, to pour, to run, to let flow, to flush, to shed (blood, tears), to spill, to float (e.g. logs down a river), to set adrift, to wash away, to carry away, to sweep away, to broadcast, to play (e.g. music over a loudspeaker), to send (electricity through a wire), to circulate (a rumour, information, etc.), to spread, to distribute, to cruise (of a taxi), to stroll around (in search of customers, an audience, etc.), to go from place to place, to cancel (a plan, meeting, etc.), to call off, to reject (e.g. a bill), to forfeit (a pawn), to do leisurely (e.g. running, swimming), to do with ease, to do effortlessly, to exile, to banish, to hit (the ball) to the opposite field, to do inattentively, to do without concentrating, to put little effort into doing
流血【りゅうけつ】
bloodshed
流域【りゅういき】
drainage basin, catchment basin, river basin, watershed, valley
潮流【ちょうりゅう】
tide, tidal current, tendency, drift, trend
上流【じょうりゅう】
upper stream, upper course, upper reaches, upstream, upper classes
下流【かりゅう】
downstream, lower reaches of a river, lower classes
流し【ながし】
sink (e.g. in a kitchen), cruising (e.g. taxi), strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.), washing area (in a Japanese-style bath), back-washing service (in a public bath), floating (something on water), setting adrift, washing away
中流【ちゅうりゅう】
mid-stream, middle course, middle class
漂流【ひょうりゅう】
drifting, drift, being adrift
支流【しりゅう】
tributary, branch
流氷【りゅうひょう】
drift ice, ice floe
三流【さんりゅう】
third-rate, third-class
合流【ごうりゅう】
confluence (of rivers), merge (of traffic), conflux, junction, joining, union (e.g. of forces), linking up, merging, coming together
海流【かいりゅう】
ocean current
渓流【けいりゅう】
mountain stream, mountain torrent