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Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji

N3

Meaningscurrent, a sink, flow, forfeit
On'yomiリュウ、ル
Kun'yomiなが、なが、なが、-なが
Strokes10
Radical

Compounds

  • raging stream, rapids

  • source (e.g. of a river), headwaters, origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)

  • exchange (e.g. cultural), interchange, interaction, mingling

  • tributary, branch

  • clear stream

Example sentences

  • Once things start going this way, in the end they'll all be much of a muchness.

  • You can let it slide with a "oh?" or you can take it seriously.

  • The Amazon River meanders through northern Brazil.

  • You don't need to bring up "A Winter Sonata" to show that South Korean culture is having an unexpected boom in Japan.

  • A burning meteoroid produces a meteor.

  • Still waters run deep.

  • The force of the current carried the bridge away.

  • They shed their blood for their independence.