ながす

流 す

Common word

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

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

    • あんな恐ろしい男のために流す涙はない。
      I cannot shed a tear for that horrible man.

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

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

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

    to wash away, to carry away, to sweep away

    • たくさんの家が洪水で流された。
      A lot of houses were washed away by the flood.

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

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

    • 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。
      He decided to put the murder trial first in the evening news.

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

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

    • 新聞は大衆に情報を流す。
      Newspapers distribute information to the public.

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

    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

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

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

    to forfeit (a pawn)

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

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

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

    to exile, to banish

    • ナポレオンはセントヘレナ島へ流された。
      Napoleon was exiled to St. Helena.

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

    to hit (the ball) to the opposite field

  12. suffix, Godan verb with 'su' ending

    to do inattentively, to do without concentrating, to put little effort into doing
    after the -masu stem of a verb

  13. Godan verb with 'su' ending, transitive verb

    to cause a miscarriage, to abort