な	が
流

れ

noun

1. flow (of a fluid or gas), stream, current.
2. flow (of people, things), passage (of time), tide, passing, (changing) trends, tendency.
3. course (of events), (step-by-step) procedure, process.
4. group of people who remain together after the end of an event.
5. descent, ancestry, school.
6. Finance term.forfeiture, foreclosure.
7. cancelation. Usu. as お流れ.
8. drifting, wandering, roaming.