流し

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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

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

Descendants

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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