語感 Dictionary

流す

ながす

to drain; to pour; to run; to let flow

JLPT N3 Common word

Meanings

  1. Godan verb (-su), Transitive

    to drain; to pour; to run; to let flow; to flush; to shed (blood, tears); to spill
  2. to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift
  3. to wash away; to carry away; to sweep away
  4. to broadcast; to play (e.g. music over a loudspeaker); to send (electricity through a wire)
  5. to circulate (a rumour, information, etc.); to spread; to distribute
All 13 meanings

  1. Godan verb (-su), Intransitive

    to cruise (of a taxi); to stroll around (in search of customers, an audience, etc.); to go from place to place

  2. Godan verb (-su), Transitive

    to cancel (a plan, meeting, etc.); to call off; to reject (e.g. a bill)
  3. to forfeit (a pawn)

  4. Godan verb (-su), Intransitive

    to do leisurely (e.g. running, swimming); to do with ease; to do effortlessly

  5. Godan verb (-su), Transitive

    to exile; to banish
  6. to hit (the ball) to the opposite field

  7. Suffix, Godan verb (-su)

    to do inattentively; to do without concentrating; to put little effort into doing

  8. Godan verb (-su), Transitive

    to cause a miscarriage; to abort

Forms

PlainPolite
Present流すながす流しますながします
Negative流さないながさない流しませんながしません
Past流したながした流しましたながしました
Past negative流さなかったながさなかった流しませんでしたながしませんでした
Te-form流してながして
Potential流せるながせる
Passive流されるながされる
Causative流させるながさせる
Volitional流そうながそう
Imperative流せながせ
Conditional (ば)流せばながせば
Conditional (たら)流したらながしたら

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