支し流りゅう

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Meanings

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tributary; branch

Refers to a river tributary or, by extension, a branch of a school of thought, organization, or lineage.

この川かわは本ほん流りゅうと三みっつの支し流りゅうに分わかれている。
This river splits into a main stream and three tributaries.
彼かれの研けん究きゅうはその学がく派はの支し流りゅうに位い置ちづけられる。
His research is positioned as a branch of that school of thought.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉の支し流りゅうa tributary of (a river)
この川かわは利と根ね川がわの支し流りゅうだ。
This river is a tributary of the Tone River.
支し流りゅうが合ごう流りゅうするa tributary joins (the main river)
いくつかの支し流りゅうがこの地ち点てんで合ごう流りゅうする。
Several tributaries join together at this point.