Kanji
Readingなが
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Used in (109 in total)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to shed blood
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to wash away; to rinse off
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
to rinse one's back
sink; washstand
dressing in kimono without hakama (for a man); dressing casually
incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants; discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence
stranger; tramp; wanderer
trend of the times; way things are going
exile; banishment
assembly-line system
skimming (a book, etc.)
sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current
to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of
cancellation; abandonment
stray arrow
fine white noodles served flowing in a small flume
to blow along (in the wind); to set adrift
to sweat and slave; to toil away
place for showering next to a tub
to get a reputation as a philanderer
streamer; pennant; windsock
to flow down; to run down
free-flowing (hot spring, irrigation, etc.)
ceremony in which paper lanterns are floated down a river
to draw off; to run out; to flush out
stream of consciousness
to read smoothly; to skim
being carried away by a current; drowning in a river; person who drowned in a river; cancellation; standing up
to drift together; to drift to the shore
to wander about
forfeiting a pawned item; unredeemed pledge; foreclosure
silvering; silvered item; person who is all style and no substance; poser
to rain heavily; to be raining cats and dogs
floating lanterns or offerings for the spirits of the deceased
to cry tears of joy; to weep for joy
hitting to the opposite field
anyone can make a mistake; even Homer sometimes nods
ground soup; ground seafood, beans, nuts, etc. seasoned and mixed with broth
unredeemed article; forfeited item
flowing into the black market
flowchart; flow diagram
paper dolls floated downriver on March 3
marbling print; paper marbling
ritual to banish the sleep demon (esp. in Tōhoku)
slanting, one-sided (shed) roof
floating object (e.g. in water); forfeited pawned article
panning (a movie camera)
there are exceptions to every rule; (lit.) rocks will flow and leaves will sink
win by discarding nothing but terminal and honor tiles in an otherwise drawn round
job stream; run stream; input stream
the events of today are destined by the past; even drawing water from the same river reveals a bond from a former life; even chance relationships can be attributed to the working of fate
job stream; run stream; input stream
dye bleeding (in fabric dyeing)
job stream; run stream; input stream
swiftly running river; rapid stream
water seeks its own level
to forfeit a pawned article
sending logs downstream bound together in rafts; floating bound timber downstream; timber rafting
to refuse stubbornly to admit one is wrong
Asian constable (species of butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus)