流す

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "流す"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
流す なが​す [nàgáꜜsù]
Imperative (命令形) 流せ なが​せ [nàgáꜜsè]
Key constructions
Passive 流される ながされ​る [nàgásáréꜜrù]
Causative 流させる ながさせ​る [nàgásáséꜜrù]
Potential 流せる ながせ​る [nàgáséꜜrù]
Volitional 流そう ながそ​ー [nàgásóꜜò]
Negative 流さない ながさ​ない [nàgásáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 流さなかった ながさ​なかった [nàgásáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 流します ながしま​す [nàgáshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 流した なが​した [nàgáꜜshìtà]
Conjunctive 流して なが​して [nàgáꜜshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 流せば なが​せば [nàgáꜜsèbà]

Verb

流(なが)す • (nagasu) transitive godan (stem 流(なが)し (nagashi), past 流(なが)した (nagashita))

Japanese verb pair
active 流す
mediopassive 流れる
  1. to flow
  2. to release
  3. to cancel
  4. to flush (something) down the toilet
    うんこを流(なが)す
    unko o nagasu
    to flush a dump down the toilet
  5. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    人(ひと)の背中(せなか)を流(なが)す
    hito no senaka o nagasu
    to wash someone's back
  6. to play (music)
    BGM(ビージーエム)を流(なが)す
    bī-jī-emu o nagasu
    to play background music
  7. (usually in the passive) to exert influence over someone's immediate actions
    感情(かんじょう)に流(なが)される
    kanjō ni nagasareru
    to be subservient to one's emotions
    (literally, “to be swept away by emotions”)

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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