流し

Japanese
Kanji in this term
流
なが
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 流(なが)す (nagasu).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ながし​ [nàgáshíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1] (senses 1, 2, 3, 7)
  • (Tokyo) な​がし [náꜜgàshì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1] (senses 4, 5, 6, 7)
  • IPA(key): [na̠ɡa̠ɕi]

Noun

流(なが)し • (nagashi) 

  1. flowing, running, draining
  2. sink, drain, basin
  3. draining floor (in a bathhouse)
  4. washing the clients' backs in bathhouses, or someone who does so
  5. (of entertainer) strolling, being migratory, or a strolling entertainer
  6. (of taxi) cruising around looking for passengers
  7. passing by

Derived terms
  • 流(なが)し網(いた) (nagashiita)
  • 流(なが)し板(いた) (nagashiita)
  • 流(なが)し打(う)ち (nagashiuchi)
  • 流(なが)し枝(えだ) (nagashieda)
  • 流(なが)し舵(かじ) (nagashikaji)
  • 流(なが)し込(こ)む (nagashikomu)
  • 流(なが)し作場(さくば) (nagashisakuba)
  • 流(なが)し漉(ず)き (nagashizuki)
  • 流(なが)し素麺(そうめん) (nagashisōmen)
  • 流(なが)し台(だい) (nagashidai)
  • 流(なが)し撮(ど)り (nagashidori)
  • 流(なが)し場(ば) (nagashiba)
  • 流(なが)し箱(ばこ) (nagashibako)
  • 流(なが)し雛(びな) (nagashibina)
  • 流(なが)し目(め) (nagashime)
  • 流(なが)し黐(もち) (nagashimochi)
  • 流(なが)し元(もと) (nagashimoto)
  • 流(なが)し者(もの) (nagashimono)

Descendants
  • → English: nakasi
  • → Chinese: 那卡西 (nàkǎxī)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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