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流れ木 (ながれぎ, nagaregi) Japanese meaning: driftwood | Kotomora

流ながれ木ぎ

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Meanings

1

Wood that has been washed onto shore or is floating in water.

海かい岸がんに流ながれ木ぎがたくさん打うち上あげられていた。

Kanji

流current, a sink, flow
木tree, wood

Built from

流ながれる+木き

A lot of driftwood had washed up on the beach.

Etymology

Compound of 流れ (nagare, 'flowing') + 木 (ki, 'tree; wood'), with rendaku voicing of 木 to ぎ.