I Love Kanji流す (nagasu)
流す (ながす, nagasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to drain; to pour”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ながす
- Romaji
- nagasu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to drain; to pour; to run; to let flow; to flush · godan verb, transitive
- to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift · godan verb, transitive
- to wash away; to carry away; to sweep away · godan verb, transitive
- to broadcast; to play (e.g. music over a loudspeaker); to send (electricity through a wire) · godan verb, transitive
- to circulate (a rumour, information, etc.); to spread; to distribute · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
彼は夕方のニュースで、その殺人の裁判を最初に流すことに決めた。
He decided to put the murder trial first in the evening news.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 流す
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 流す | ながす nagasu |
| Polite (~masu) | 流します | ながします nagashimasu |
| Negative | 流さない | ながさない nagasanai |
| Polite negative | 流しません | ながしません nagashimasen |
| Past | 流した | ながした nagashita |
| Polite past | 流しました | ながしました nagashimashita |
| Negative past | 流さなかった | ながさなかった nagasanakatta |
| Te-form | 流して | ながして nagashite |
| Potential | 流せる | ながせる nagaseru |
| Passive | 流される | ながされる nagasareru |
| Causative | 流させる | ながさせる nagasaseru |
| Volitional | 流そう | ながそう nagasou |
| Imperative | 流せ | ながせ nagase |
| Conditional (~ba) | 流せば | ながせば nagaseba |
Kanji in 流す
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 流す.
流行りゅうこうfashion流れながれflow (of a fluid or gas)流れるながれるto stream流行るはやるto be popular流りゅうway一流いちりゅうfirst-class交流こうりゅうexchange (e.g. cultural)合流ごうりゅうconfluence (of rivers)流石さすがas one would expect電流でんりゅうelectric current流域りゅういきdrainage basin直流ちょくりゅうdirect current流しながしsink (e.g. in a kitchen)海流かいりゅうocean current
Source: JMdict entry 1552120 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.