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流行る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	流行はやる	流行はやらない
Polite	流行はやります	流行はやりません
Past polite	流行はやりました	流行はやりませんでした
Past	流行はやった	流行はやらなかった
Te-form	流行はやって	流行はやらないで
Desire	流行はやりたい	流行はやりたくない
Potential	流行はやれる	流行はやれない
Passive	流行はやられる	流行はやられない
Causative	流行はやらせる	流行はやらせない
Causative passive	流行はやらせられるalso 流行はやらされる	流行はやらせられないalso 流行はやらされない
Volitional	流行はやろう
Polite volitional	流行はやりましょう
Imperative	流行はやれ	流行はやるな
Conditional	流行はやれば	流行はやらなければ
Tara conditional	流行はやったら	流行はやらなかったら

Pairs with流行らせる

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be popular; be in fashion; be trendy

Used for things, activities, or people that are currently popular or fashionable.

この曲きょくは若わか者ものの間あいだで流行はやっている。
This song is popular among young people.
最さい近きん、あのゲームがすごく流行はやっているね。
That game is really trendy lately, isn't it?

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be prevalent; spread widely; be endemic

Often used for diseases, rumors, or negative phenomena that spread through a population.

インフルエンザが流行はやっているので、手て洗あらいをしっかりしてください。
The flu is going around, so please wash your hands thoroughly.
変へんな噂うわさが学がっ校こうで流行はやっている。
A strange rumor is spreading at school.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

flourish; thrive; prosper

Describes businesses, shops, or economic activities doing well; often implies a bustling, lively state.

あのラーメン屋やはいつも流行はやっている。
That ramen shop is always thriving.
景けい気きが良よくなって、商しょう店てん街がいが流行はやり始はじめた。
The economy improved and the shopping district began to flourish.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉〉の間あいだで流行はやるto be trendy or popular among a certain group of people
この曲きょくは若わか者ものの間あいだで流行はやっている。
This song is popular among young people.
風邪かぜが流行はやるfor a cold or flu to be going around
今年ことしは冬ふゆに風邪かぜが流行はやっている。
Colds are going around this winter.
店みせが流行はやるfor a shop or business to be thriving
駅えき前まえにできた新あたらしい店みせがとても流行はやっている。
The new shop that opened near the station is doing great business.
〈場所ばしょ〉〉で流行はやるfor a trend to spread in a particular place
この歌うたは最さい近きん韓かん国こくで流行はやっている。
This song has recently become popular in Korea.

Expressions

今いま流行はやりcurrently popular; trendy; in fashion

Kanji

流current, a sink, flow
行going, journey, carry out

Transitive / intransitive

流行はやらせる
流行る is intransitive ('to become popular'), while 流行らせる is its transitive causative partner ('to make something popular').
流行はやらす
流行る is intransitive ('to become popular'), while 流行らす is a slightly more colloquial transitive partner meaning 'to popularize'.

Related words

流りゅう行こうN3
流行する is a more formal, written equivalent of 流行る, both meaning 'to become widespread or popular'.
人にん気きがある sense 1
人気がある is the general, everyday way to say something or someone is popular, while 流行る stresses a current, spreading trend.
繁はん盛じょうN1sense 3
繁盛する specifically describes a business doing well, while 流行る can express the same idea more colloquially, with a sense of bustling activity.
売うれるN4
流行る stresses that something is trendy or in fashion, whereas 売れる focuses on strong commercial sales or personal fame regardless of trendiness.
広ひろまるN2
流行る means something becomes popular or trendy, while 広まる simply describes something spreading without implying popularity.

Opposites

廃すたれるN1sense 1
廃れる means to go out of fashion or fall into disuse, the opposite of 流行る's sense of becoming popular.
下した火びになるN1
流行る describes something becoming popular or trendy, the opposite of 下火になる, which describes that same popularity fading away.
廃すたる
流行る means to become popular or fashionable, the opposite of 廃る, which means to fall out of use or fashion.

Don't confuse with

逸はやる
流行る (はやる) means 'to become popular/spread', while 逸る (also はやる) means 'to be impatient or eager' — same reading, unrelated meaning.
流行はやりN2
流行り is the noun for a fad or trend, while 流行る is the verb meaning 'to become popular'; learners often mix up the okurigana between the two.

Word family

流行はやりN2
fashion; fad; craze; vogue · prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
流行はやり廃すたり
changes in fashion; going in and out of style
大おお流行はやり
big craze; boom; huge popularity · widespread contagion; large outbreak
流行歌はやりうた
popular song
流行はやり物もの
fashionable thing; popular thing; craze
流行はやり病やまい
epidemic; plague

Written forms

Applies to each form listed below

gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun

流行はやるUsage63%
Standard kanji spelling; the reading はやる is a jukujikun.
はやるUsage37%
Kana spelling is common in casual writing and when the kanji is not needed.

Etymology

The reading はやる is a jukujikun for 流行る, combining the kanji for 'flow/popular' and 'go' with the native Japanese verb meaning 'to be in vogue, spread, or flourish'. The exact derivation of はやる is uncertain, but it may be related to 早い (はやい, 'fast'), suggesting the idea of something spreading quickly.