N11140/3019

なが

nounnoun (generic)noun taking the genitive case particle のadjective (generic)

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Meanings

  • sink (e.g. in a kitchen)
  • cruising (e.g. taxi), strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.)
  • washing area (in a Japanese-style bath)
  • back-washing service (in a public bath)
  • floating (something on water), setting adrift, washing away

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Example sentences

流し蛇口じゃぐちからみずれているので、修理しゅうりたのんだ。

Water was leaking from the kitchen sink faucet, so I asked for a repair.

台所だいどころ流しよごれた食器しょっき山積やまづみになっていた。

Dirty dishes were piled up in the kitchen sink.

流しのタクシーをつかまえようと、あめなかつづけた。

I kept waving my hand in the rain, trying to catch a cruising taxi.

銭湯せんとうでは流しのおじさんに背中せなかあらってもらうことができる。

At a public bath, you can have a back-washing attendant wash your back.

かつて街角まちかどでは流し演奏家えんそうか三味線しゃみせんかかえてうた披露ひろうしていたという。

It is said that in the past, strolling musicians used to perform songs carrying their shamisen at street corners.