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Meaning of 流す in Japanese
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流すJLPT 3
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Kana Readingながす
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Romajinagasu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `su' ending, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to drain; to pour; to spill; to shed (blood, tears)
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to wash away
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to broadcast; to beam
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to cruise (e.g. taxi)
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to float; to set adrift
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to call off (a meeting, etc.)
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Examples of 流す, ながす in a sentence
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You can let it slide with a "oh?" or you can take it seriously.
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もちろん冗談と思って彼は「あっそ」と流していましたけどかなり嫌だったそうです。（ってゆうか冗談でもそんなこと言うな！）
Of course he thought it was a joke and let it slide with a "hm?" but he was seriously annoyed. (I mean, just don't say things like that even as a joke!)
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His romance was the talk of the town.
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She shed crocodile tears over his death.
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She is easily moved to emotion.
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She put the dirty dishes in the sink.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 流す
- Plain Polite
- 流します
- Negative
- 流さない
- Negative Polite
- 流しません
Past
- Plain
- 流した
- Plain Polite
- 流しました
- Negative
- 流さなかった
- Negative Polite
- 流しませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 流して
- Plain Polite
- 流しまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 流される
- Plain Polite
- 流されます
- Negative
- 流されない
- Negative Polite
- 流されません
Related Kanji
流
JLPT 3
10 strokes
current, a sink, flow, forfeit
On'Yomi: リュウ, ル
Kun'Yomi: なが.れる, なが.れ, なが.す, -なが.す