受け流す – Vocabulary details

受うけ流ながす

Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)

1. 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)

彼かれはそれを乾かわいた笑えみで受うけ流ながす。He brushes it off with a dry smile.

receive

current (in a fluid)

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popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)

to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast

なるほど、そう受うけ流ながすのね。

I see, so that's how you deflect it.

肩かたをすくめて、軽かるく話はなしを受うけ流ながす。

I shrug my shoulders and lightly brush off the remark.

彼かれはそれを乾かわいた笑えみで受うけ流ながす。

He brushes it off with a dry smile.

彼かれは適てき当とうに受うけ流ながせばいいのに、真ま面じ目めな人ひとだ。

He is a serious person, even though he could just brush it off casually.

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