流す

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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
Imperative (命令形) 流せ なが​せ
Key constructions
Passive 流される ながされ​る
Causative 流させる ながさせ​る
Potential 流せる ながせ​る
Volitional 流そう ながそ​ー
Negative 流さない ながさ​ない
Negative perfective 流さなかった ながさ​なかった
Formal 流します ながしま​す
Perfective 流した なが​した
Conjunctive 流して なが​して
Hypothetical conditional 流せば なが​せば

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

Conjugation of "流す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 流さ ながさ nagasa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 流し ながし nagashi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 流す ながす nagasu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 流す ながす nagasu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 流せ ながせ nagase
Meireikei ("imperative") 流せ ながせ nagase
Key constructions
Passive 流される ながされる nagasareru
Causative 流させる
流さす 		ながさせる
ながさす 		nagasaseru
nagasasu
Potential 流せる ながせる nagaseru
Volitional 流そう ながそう nagasō
Negative 流さない ながさない nagasanai
Negative continuative 流さず ながさず nagasazu
Formal 流します ながします nagashimasu
Perfective 流した ながした nagashita
Conjunctive 流して ながして nagashite
Hypothetical conditional 流せば ながせば nagaseba
Classical conjugation of "流す" (サ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 流さ ながさ nagasa
Continuative (連用形) 流し ながし nagasi
Terminal (終止形) 流す ながす nagasu
Attributive (連体形) 流す ながす nagasu
Realis (已然形) 流せ ながせ nagase
Imperative (命令形) 流せ ながせ nagase
Key constructions
Negative 流さず ながさず nagasazu
Contrasting conjunction 流せど ながせど nagasedo
Causal conjunction 流せば ながせば nagaseba
Conditional conjunction 流さば ながさば nagasaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 流しき ながしき nagasiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 流しけり ながしけり nagasikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 流しつ ながしつ nagasitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 流しぬ ながしぬ nagasinu
Perfect-continuative tense 流せり
流したり		 ながせり
ながしたり		 nagaseri
nagasitari
Volitional 流さむ ながさむ nagasamu

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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