流す
ながす · nagasu
To drain, to pour, to run, to let flow, to flush, to shed (blood, tears), to spill
- to float (e.g. logs down a river), to set adrift
- to wash away, to carry away, to sweep away
- to broadcast, to play (e.g. music over a loudspeaker), to send (electricity through a wire)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 流しますながします |
| Polite negative (ません) | 流しませんながしません |
| Polite past (ました) | 流しましたながしました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 流しませんでしたながしませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 流しましょうながしましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 流しながし |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 流したいながしたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 流しながらながしながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 流してながして |
| Plain past (た形) | 流したながした |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 流したらながしたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 流しているながしている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 流さないながさない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 流さなかったながさなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 流さなくてながさなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 流せるながせる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 流せばながせば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 流せながせ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 流そうながそう |
| Passive (受身形) | 流されるながされる |
| Causative (使役形) | 流させるながさせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 流させられるながさせられる |
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What does 流す mean?
To drain, to pour, to run, to let flow, to flush, to shed (blood, tears), to spill. It can also mean: to float (e.g. logs down a river), to set adrift; to wash away, to carry away, to sweep away; to broadcast, to play (e.g. music over a loudspeaker), to send (electricity through a wire).
How do you pronounce 流す?
ながす (nagasu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 流す?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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