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幹流 (kanryuu) Japanese meaning: main current | Kotomora

幹かん流りゅう

か

ん

りゅ

う

Meanings

1

main current; main stream

Refers to the primary flow of a river, or metaphorically to the main trend or direction of something.

この川かわの幹かん流りゅうは非ひ常じょうに速はやい。
The main current of this river is very fast.

Kanji

幹tree trunk, main part, talent
流current, a sink, flow

Related words

本ほん流りゅう
本流 is more common and broadly used for both literal and figurative 'main stream', while 幹流 is less frequent and often more technical or literary.
支し流りゅう
支流 means 'tributary' or 'branch stream', the opposite of 幹流.

Etymology

Compound of 幹 (kan, 'trunk' or 'main part') and 流 (ryū, 'flow' or 'current'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning 'main current'.

議ぎ論ろんの幹かん流りゅうから外はずれないようにしましょう。

Let's not stray from the main stream of the discussion.