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流す

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 流す

Godan verb
Freq #1045
1

Transitive verb

to drain; to pour; to run; to let flow; to flush; to shed (blood, tears); to spill

Examples
あんな恐ろしい男のために流す涙はない。
I cannot shed a tear for that horrible man.
2

Transitive verb

to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift

3

Transitive verb

to wash away; to carry away; to sweep away

Examples
たくさんの家が洪水で流された
A lot of houses were washed away by the flood.
4

Transitive verb

to broadcast; to play (e.g. music over a loudspeaker); to send (electricity through a wire)

Examples
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.
5

Transitive verb

to circulate (a rumour, information, etc.); to spread; to distribute

Examples
新聞は大衆に情報を流す
Newspapers distribute information to the public.
6

Intransitive verb

to cruise (of a taxi); to stroll around (in search of customers, an audience, etc.); to go from place to place

7

Transitive verb

to cancel (a plan, meeting, etc.); to call off; to reject (e.g. a bill)

8

Transitive verb

to forfeit (a pawn)

9

Intransitive verb

to do leisurely (e.g. running, swimming); to do with ease; to do effortlessly

10

Transitive verb

to exile; to banish

Examples
ナポレオンはセントヘレナ島へ流された
Napoleon was exiled to St. Helena.
11

Transitive verb; Baseball

to hit (the ball) to the opposite field

12

Suffix; After the -masu stem of a verb

to do inattentively; to do without concentrating; to put little effort into doing

13

Transitive verb

to cause a miscarriage; to abort

Kanji in this Word

10 strokes
Frequency: 280
JLPT N2
Grade 3

Meanings

current
a sink
flow
forfeit

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
リュウ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
なが.れる
なが.れ
なが.す
-なが.す
Nanori — Specialized readings used in names
ながれ
めぐる
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