Vocab Info

N3 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb, Suffix

(なが)to drain, to pour, to spill, to shed (blood, tears), to wash away, to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.), to circulate, to broadcast, to beam, to cruise (e.g. taxi), to float, to set adrift, to call off (a meeting, etc.)

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      1.

      to drain, to pour, to run, to let flow, to flush, to shed (blood, tears), to spill

    2. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      2.

      to float (e.g. logs down a river), to set adrift

    3. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      3.

      to wash away, to carry away, to sweep away

    4. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      4.

      to broadcast, to play (e.g. music over a loudspeaker), to send (electricity through a wire)

    5. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      5.

      to circulate (a rumour, information, etc.), to spread, to distribute

    6. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Intransitive verb

      6.

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

    7. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      7.

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

    8. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      8.

      to forfeit (a pawn)

    9. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Intransitive verb

      9.

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

    10. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      10.

      to exile, to banish

    11. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      11.

      to hit (the ball) to the opposite field

      Baseball
    12. Suffix, Godan verb with 'su' ending

      12.

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

      after the -masu stem of a verb

    All Forms

    流す 【ながす】

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    Examples

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      (あか)ちゃんが(よだれ)(なが)しています。

      The baby is spilling drool. (Drooling)

      • N3

      トイレの(みず)(なが)ボタンはどれですか?

      Which button flushes the toilet?

      • N3

      ジムで沢山(たくさん)(あせ)をかいたから(はや)くシャワーで(あせ)(なが)したいな〜。

      I've sweated a lot at the gym, so I want to take a shower and wash away the sweat quickly.

      • N3

      (むかし)(わる)(こと)をした罪人(ざいにん)本土(ほんど)から(はな)れている(しま)(なが)していたそうだ。

      In the past, it is said that they used to exile criminals who committed wrongdoing to remote islands away from the mainland.

      • N3

      何事(なにごと)にも慎重(しんちょう)(わたし)(はは)(ちち)根拠(こんきょ)のないデマに(なが)される(こと)滅多(めった)にありません。

      My cautious parents rarely get swayed by baseless rumors.

      • N2
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