流る

noun

exile (second most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

Historical term for banishment under the ritsuryō legal system; ranked just below death penalty in severity.

See also: 五刑

• 律りつ令りょう制せいでは、流るは死し罪ざいに次つぐ重おもい刑けいだった。

  Under the ritsuryō system, exile was a severe punishment second only to the death penalty.