- 1. [v5s, vt] to drain; to pour; to run; to let flow; to flush; to shed (blood, tears); to spill
- 2. [v5s, vt] to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift
- 3. [v5s, vt] to wash away; to carry away; to sweep away
- 4. [v5s, vt] to broadcast; to play (e.g. music over a loudspeaker); to send (electricity through a wire)
- 5. [v5s, vt] to circulate (a rumour, information, etc.); to spread; to distribute
- 6. [v5s, vi] to cruise (of a taxi); to stroll around (in search of customers, an audience, etc.); to go from place to place
- 7. [v5s, vt] to cancel (a plan, meeting, etc.); to call off; to reject (e.g. a bill)
- 8. [v5s, vt] to forfeit (a pawn)
- 9. [v5s, vi] to do leisurely (e.g. running, swimming); to do with ease; to do effortlessly
- 10. [v5s, vt] to exile; to banish
- 11. [v5s, vt] {baseb} to hit (the ball) to the opposite field
- 12. [suf, v5s] to do inattentively; to do without concentrating; to put little effort into doing — after the -masu stem of a verb
- 13. [v5s, vt] to cause a miscarriage; to abort
Kanji in this word
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流
current, a sink, flow, forfeitOn: リュウ (ryuu)、 ル (ru)Kun: なが.れる (naga.reru)、 なが.れ (naga.re)、 なが.す (naga.su)、 -なが.す (-naga.su)
Example Sentences
あんな恐ろしい男のために流す涙はない。
anna osoroshii otoko notameni nagasu namida hanai .
I cannot shed a tear for that horrible man.
たくさんの家が洪水で流された。
takusanno ie ga kouzui de nagasa reta .
A lot of houses were washed away by the flood.
彼は夕方のニュースで、その殺人の裁判を最初に流すことに決めた。
kareha yuugata no nyuusu de , sono satsujin no saiban wo saisho ni nagasu kotoni kime ta .
He decided to put the murder trial first in the evening news.
新聞は大衆に情報を流す。
shinbun ha taishuu ni jouhou wo nagasu .
Newspapers distribute information to the public.
ナポレオンはセントヘレナ島へ流された。
naporeon ha sentoherena shima he nagasa reta .
Napoleon was exiled to St. Helena.