流す
ながす
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to drain; to pour; to run; to let flow; to flush; to shed (blood, tears); to spill
- to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift
- to wash away; to carry away; to sweep away
- to broadcast; to play (e.g. music over a loudspeaker); to send (electricity through a wire)
- to circulate (a rumour, information, etc.); to spread; to distribute
- Godan verb, Intransitive to cruise (of a taxi); to stroll around (in search of customers, an audience, etc.); to go from place to place
- Godan verb, Transitive to cancel (a plan, meeting, etc.); to call off; to reject (e.g. a bill)
- to forfeit (a pawn)
- Godan verb, Intransitive to do leisurely (e.g. running, swimming); to do with ease; to do effortlessly
- Godan verb, Transitive to exile; to banish
- to hit (the ball) to the opposite field
- Suffix, Godan verb to do inattentively; to do without concentrating; to put little effort into doing (after the -masu stem of a verb)
- Godan verb, Transitive to cause a miscarriage; to abort
Kanji
- 流 flow. Read as ながす.
Example sentences
- その橋は洪水で流された。
The bridge was carried away by the flood. - 過去のことは水に流せ。
Let bygones be bygones. - すんだことは水に流せ。
Let bygones be bygones. - 感動して涙を流した。
I was moved to tears. - 家が数軒その大洪水で流された。
Several houses were carried away by the great flood.
Common phrases
- 涙を流す (なみだをながす) to shed tears
- 電流を流す
- 情報を流す
- 血を流す (ちをながす) to shed blood
- 水を流す
- 音楽を流す
- 映像を流す
- 曲を流す
- 汗を流す (あせをながす) to work hard
- 川に流す
- 水に流す
- 海に流す
- 電気を流す
- 噂を流す (うわさをながす) to spread rumors
- 悔し涙を流す
Related forms
- 流れる (ながれる) to stream (intransitive partner)
Words containing 流す
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