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

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

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

• 流(なが)し網(いた) (nagashiita)
• 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)し込(こ)む (nagashikomu)
• 流(なが)し作場(さくば) (nagashisakuba)
• 流(なが)し漉(ず)き (nagashizuki)
• 流(なが)し素麺(そうめん) (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)