気き流りゅう

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Meanings

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air current; airflow; atmospheric current

Refers to the movement of air, whether natural (wind, drafts) or in scientific/technical contexts (aerodynamics, ventilation).

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The airplane was caught in a strong air current.

この部屋へやは気き流りゅうが悪わるくて、空くう気きがこもりやすい。

The airflow in this room is poor, so the air tends to get stuffy.

気き流りゅうに乗のるto ride/be carried on an air current
鷲わしは気き流りゅうに乗のって空そら高たかく舞まい上あがった。
The eagle soared high, riding the air current.
気き流りゅうが乱みだれるfor the air current to become turbulent/unstable
山やまの付ふ近きんでは気き流りゅうが乱みだれやすい。
Near mountains, the air current tends to become turbulent.
気き流りゅうを測そく定ていするto measure an air current
観かん測そく所しょでは上じょう空くうの気き流りゅうを測そく定ていしている。
The observatory measures the air currents high above.

風かぜN5
風 is the everyday word for wind as a natural phenomenon, while 気流 is the more technical term for a current or stream of air used in meteorology and engineering.
空くう気きN4
空気 refers to air as a substance or the surrounding atmosphere, whereas 気流 specifically denotes the movement or flow of that air.

海かい流りゅうN1
海流 is a current of seawater, whereas 気流 is a current of air (e.g. jet stream), so despite the similar '流' structure they belong to different domains.

Compound of 気 (ki, 'air, atmosphere') and 流 (ryū, 'flow, current'). The word follows standard Sino-Japanese word formation.

上じょう昇しょう気き流りゅう

updraft; ascending air current · upward trend; rising popularity

downdraft; downward air current

jet stream