way of doing things; method; style
Refers to a person's characteristic manner or approach, often with a nuance of personal preference or established custom.
彼は自分の流儀で仕事を進める。
He proceeds with work in his own way.
He stuck to his own way of doing things until the end.
Everyone has their own way of doing things.
Used for traditional arts such as ikebana or tea ceremony, referring to a specific school or stylistic lineage.
茶道には多くの流儀がある。
There are many schools of tea ceremony.
彼女は華道の古い流儀を学んでいる。
She is studying an old school of flower arrangement.
She always does her work in her own particular style.
The disciple trained by following his master's methods.
She carries on the traditional style of the tea ceremony school.
流派 refers specifically to a school or faction within an art or field, whereas 流儀 can also describe a single person's personal style outside of any organized school.
方法 is a neutral, general word for 'method' with no implication of personal or traditional style, unlike 流儀.
作法 focuses on proper manners or etiquette in doing something, while 流儀 emphasizes a distinctive, often personal or traditional, way of doing it.
流行 shares the kanji 流 but means 'trend' or 'fashion', while 流儀 means a distinctive personal or traditional way of doing something.
Compound of 流 (りゅう, 'flow, style') and 儀 (ぎ, 'ceremony, form'). The combination suggests a formalized or established manner, extending to both personal style and traditional schools.