流し
Meanings
Noun
1. sink (e.g. in a kitchen)
No-adjective
Noun
2. cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.)
Noun
3. washing area (in a Japanese-style bath)
4. back-washing service (in a public bath)
5. floating (something on water); setting adrift; washing away
Kanji used
Pitch accent
ながし
ながし
Used in vocabulary
垂れ流し
incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants; discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence
Noun
横流し
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
Noun
吹き流し
streamer consisting of multiple long strips of material attached to a circular frame; windsock
Noun
Examples7
彼
He hailed a cruising taxi.
ガラス
When I tried to set the glass down in the sink my hand slipped and it shattered to pieces.
彼女
She put the dirty dishes in the sink.
お皿
Would you put the dishes in the sink?
流し
If you stack the dishes up by the sink, I'll do them later.
今日
I am able to fix the sink this afternoon.