流ながし

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

cruising; strolling

Used for taxis cruising for passengers, or entertainers/musicians strolling from place to place. Often appears as 流しのタクシー or 流しの歌手.

• 駅えき前まえで流ながしのタクシーを拾ひろった。

  I caught a cruising taxi in front of the station.

• 彼かれは若わかい頃ころ、流ながしのギタリストとして全ぜん国こくを回まわった。

  When he was young, he traveled around the country as a strolling guitarist.

noun

washing area; bathroom washing space

In a Japanese-style bath, the area outside the bathtub where you sit and wash your body before entering the bath. Also called 洗い場.

• 流ながしで体からだを洗あらってから湯ゆ船ぶねに入はいってください。

  Please wash your body at the washing area before getting into the bathtub.

noun

back-washing service

A service in old public baths where an attendant would wash customers' backs. Now mostly historical or nostalgic.

• 昔むかしの銭せん湯とうには流ながしという背せ中なかを洗あらうサービスがあった。

  In old public baths, there was a back-washing service called 流し.

noun

floating; setting adrift; washing away

Refers to the act of floating something on water, setting it adrift, or washing it away. Often used in compound verbs like 流し流す or in set phrases such as 灯籠流し (floating lanterns).

• 灯とう籠ろう流ながしはお盆ぼんの行ぎょう事じです。

  Floating lanterns is a Bon festival event.

• 大おお雨あめで橋はしが流ながしになった。

  The bridge was washed away by the heavy rain.