流し

流し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
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

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ながし​ [nàgáshíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1] (senses 1, 2, 3, 7)
  • (Tokyo) な​がし [náꜜgàshì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1] (senses 4, 5, 6, 7)
  • IPA^(key): [na̠ɡa̠ɕi]

Noun

流し (hiragana ながし, rōmaji 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

• 流 (なが)し網 (いた) (nagashīta)
• 流 (なが)し板 (いた) (nagashiita)
• 流 (なが)し打 (う)ち (nagashiuchi)
• 流 (なが)し枝 (えだ) (nagashieda)
• 流 (なが)し舵 (かじ) (nagashikaji)
• 流 (なが)し作場 (さくば) (nagashisakuba)

• 流 (なが)し漉 (ず)き (nagashizuki)
• 流 (なが)し素 (そう)麺 (めん) (nagashisōmen)
• 流 (なが)し台 (だい) (nagashidai)
• 流 (なが)し撮 (ど)り (nagashidori)
• 流 (なが)し場 (ば) (nagashiba)
• 流 (なが)し箱 (ばこ) (nagashibako)

• 流 (なが)し雛 (びな) (nagashibina)
• 流 (なが)し目 (め) (nagashime)
• 流 (なが)し黐 (もち) (nagashimochi)
• 流 (なが)し元 (もと) (nagashimoto)
• 流 (なが)し者 (もの) (nagashimono)

Descendants

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

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN