流ながれ下くだる

Written forms

• 流ながれ下くだるUsage98%

  Standard kanji spelling.

• ながれくだるUsage2%

  Kana spelling used for clarity or in informal writing.

Kanji

• 流current, a sink, flow
• 下below, down, descend

Similar words

• 流ながれる

  流れる is the general intransitive verb for 'to flow'. 流れ下る specifically adds the direction 'downward'.

• 流ながれ落おちる

  流れ落ちる also means 'to flow down', but often implies falling off or dropping from a higher point, while 流れ下る emphasizes continuous downward movement along a surface.

Etymology

Compound of 流れ (continuative form of 流れる 'to flow') + 下る ('to descend').