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flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; current
flow (of people, things); passage (of time); tide; passing; (changing) trends; tendency
course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; process
group of people who remain together after the end of an event
descent; ancestry; school
forfeiture; foreclosure
cancellation
drifting; wandering; roaming
川の流れをじっと眺めていた。
I was staring at the flow of the river.
時間の流れは誰にも止められない。
The flow of time cannot be stopped.
話の流れで秘密がばれた。
The secret came out in the flow of conversation.