流
りゅう
style of; school of; manner of
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Examples
彼は我流でギターを覚えた。
かれはがりゅうでギターをおぼえた。
He taught himself guitar his own way.
自己流のやり方では限界がある。
じこりゅうのやりかたではげんかいがある。
There is a limit to what self-taught methods can do.
日本流の挨拶を学ぶ。
にほんりゅうのあいさつをまなぶ。
To learn Japanese-style greetings.
彼女は自分流の子育てを貫いた。
かのじょはじぶんりゅうのこそだてをつらぬいた。
She stuck to raising her children her own way.
Common patterns
- 自己流
- self-taught; one's own way
- 我流
- one's own untutored style
- 日本流
- the Japanese way
Memory tip
As a suffix, 〜流 means "in the manner or school of" and attaches to people, countries and traditional arts (小笠原流, 日本流, 自己流). The same kanji is the verb 流れる "to flow" — a school is a current you belong to.
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