流ながす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to drain; to pour; to run; to let flow; to flush; to shed (blood, tears); to spill
2. to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift
3. to wash away; to carry away; to sweep away
4. to broadcast; to play (e.g. music over a loudspeaker); to send (electricity through a wire)
5. to circulate (a rumour, information, etc.); to spread; to distribute
Verb (5-dan, す, intransitive)
6. to cruise (of a taxi); to stroll around (in search of customers, an audience, etc.); to go from place to place
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
7. to cancel (a plan, meeting, etc.); to call off; to reject (e.g. a bill)
8. to forfeit (a pawn)
Verb (5-dan, す, intransitive)
9. to do leisurely (e.g. running, swimming); to do with ease; to do effortlessly
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
10. to exile; to banish
11. to hit (the ball) to the opposite field
Verb (5-dan, す)
12. to do inattentively; to do without concentrating; to put little effort into doing
after the -masu stem of a verb
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
13. to cause a miscarriage; to abort
Kanji used
current (in a fluid)
Pitch accent
な
が
す
Top 1200
Used in vocabulary (23 in total)
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 shed blood
Examples (11 in total)
I've decided to not be swayed by the trends.
Wires carry electricity.
Napoleon was exiled to St. Helena.
Newspapers distribute information to the public.
The bridge was washed away by the flood.
The rain washed away the soil.
Don't forget to flush the toilet.
Several houses were carried away by the great flood.
Several bridges have been damaged or swept away.
The police charged him with leaking information to a neighboring country.
He decided to put the murder trial first in the evening news.