流ながす

ながす nagasu

to drain
to float
to shed (blood, tears)
to wash away
to cruise (e.g. taxi)

godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

使流动；流泪；冲走

Examples

Furigana

あんな恐おそろしい男おとこのために流ながす涙なみだはない。
I cannot shed a tear for that horrible man.
我不会为那种可怕的男人流泪。
Tatoeba #229552
たくさんの家いえが洪こう水ずいで流ながされた。
A lot of houses were washed away by the flood.
许多房子被洪水冲走了。
Tatoeba #203802

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('8a2b4c5ed1'); // 流す

{
  "id": "8a2b4c5ed1",
  "word": "流す",
  "reading": "ながす",
  "romaji": "nagasu",
  "meanings": [
    "to drain",
    "to float",
    "to shed (blood, tears)",
    "to wash away",
    "to cruise (e.g. taxi)"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "v5s",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1552120,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "あんな恐ろしい男のために流す涙はない。",
      "furigana": "あんな{恐|おそ}ろしい{男|おとこ}のために{流|なが}す{涙|なみだ}はない。",
      "en": "I cannot shed a tear for that horrible man.",
      "tatoeba_id": 229552
    },
    {
      "ja": "たくさんの家が洪水で流された。",
      "furigana": "たくさんの{家|いえ}が{洪水|こうずい}で{流|なが}された。",
      "en": "A lot of houses were washed away by the flood.",
      "tatoeba_id": 203802
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "700e3993c614dc8926861d2fb7ec2779861866d328c91793c902dac4a4cf4682",
    "meanings": [
      "使流动",
      "流泪",
      "冲走"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "あんな恐ろしい男のために流す涙はない。",
        "zh": "我不会为那种可怕的男人流泪。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "たくさんの家が洪水で流された。",
        "zh": "许多房子被洪水冲走了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/8a2b4c5ed1",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1552120; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "3c5ccdb53552b1b8ba2ba660d2234d12bab7d75af58db42dad96b5ed871eb7af"
  }
}