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流行

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

流行 — “fashion, trend, prevalence”

流行 (read りゅうこう) means fashion, trend, prevalence. It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

りゅうこう

Meaning

fashion, trend, prevalence

流行 in a sentence

この服ふくが流行りゅうこうしている。

These clothes are in fashion.

The kanji in 流行

流to flow
行to go

Words that share a kanji with 流行

流すながす— to let flow, to pour, to shed (tears)
流れながれ— flow, stream, current
流れるながれる— to flow, to stream
交流こうりゅう— exchange, interchange, interaction
電流でんりゅう— electric current
流行るはやる— to be popular, to be in fashion, to be prevalent, to spread (of an illness)
一流いちりゅう— first-class, first-rate, top-tier
合流ごうりゅう— confluence, joining up, merging

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