流ながす
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Meanings
Godan verb
Transitive verb
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
Godan verb
Intransitive verb
6. to cruise (of a taxi); to stroll around (in search of customers, an audience, etc.); to go from place to place
Godan verb
Transitive verb
7. to cancel (a plan, meeting, etc.); to call off; to reject (e.g. a bill)
8. to forfeit (a pawn)
Godan verb
Intransitive verb
9. to do leisurely (e.g. running, swimming); to do with ease; to do effortlessly
Godan verb
Transitive verb
10. to exile; to banish
11. to hit (the ball) to the opposite field
Suffix
Godan verb
12. to do inattentively; to do without concentrating; to put little effort into doing (after the -masu stem of a verb)
Godan verb
Transitive verb
13. to cause a miscarriage; to abort
Kanji used
Pitch accent
ながす
Examples21
Newspapers distribute information to the public.
He decided to put the murder trial first in the evening news.
A lot of houses were washed away by the flood.
I cannot shed a tear for that horrible man.
Napoleon was exiled to St. Helena.
Don't cry over spilled milk.