Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to drain, to pour, to run, to let flow, to flush, to shed (blood, tears), to spill.
  2. to float (e.g. logs down a river), to set adrift.
  3. to wash away, to carry away, to sweep away.
  4. to broadcast, to play (e.g. music over a loudspeaker), to send (electricity through a wire).
  5. to circulate (a rumor, information, etc.), to spread, to distribute.

Godan verb, intransitive verb

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

Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to cancel (a plan, meeting, etc.), to call off, to reject (e.g. a bill).
  2. to forfeit (a pawn).

Godan verb, intransitive verb

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

Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to exile, to banish.
  2. Baseball term.to hit (the ball) to the opposite field.

suffix, Godan verb

After the -masu stem of a verb.
  1. to do inattentively, to do without concentrating, to put little effort into doing.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
流す ながす

Contained Kanji Breakdown

current, a sink, flow
リュウ なが.れる ながれ (3rd, N3)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
a cup with pendants, a pennant, wild
inverted child
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
かわ セン か (1st, N5)