細流(さいりゅう)

さいりゅう
noun
small stream; brook; rivulet
formalgeographynature
1. small stream; brook; rivulet
A narrow flow of water, smaller than a river. A literary word found in written descriptions of landscape and in geographical writing rather than in conversation.
林(はやし)の中(なか)を細流(さいりゅう)が流(なが)れている。
A small stream runs through the woods.
雨(あめ)のあと、斜面(しゃめん)にいくつもの細流(さいりゅう)ができた。
After the rain, several rivulets formed on the slope.
山(やま)の上(うえ)では細流(さいりゅう)にすぎない川(かわ)が、下流(かりゅう)では幅(はば)百(ひゃく)メートルを超(こ)える。
The river, no more than a rivulet up in the mountains, is over a hundred meters wide downstream.

細(さい) (fine, narrow) + 流(りゅう) (flow, current). A written word; in speech people say 小(ちい)さな川(かわ) or 小川(おがわ).

Common collocations

  • 細流(さいりゅう)が流(なが)れる: a small stream flows
  • 細流(さいりゅう)をたどる: to follow a small stream
  • 山中(さんちゅう)の細流(さいりゅう): a mountain rivulet

Similar words

Related Words

Compare: 小川(おがわ) (brook)
Compare: 渓流(けいりゅう) (mountain stream)
Compare: 支流(しりゅう) (tributary)
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Added 2026.7.30 21:18 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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