Meaning of 水に流す in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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水に流す
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Kana Readingみずにながす
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Romajimizuninagasu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with `su` ending
- Meaning
- to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
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Example Sentences
水に流す, みずにながす used in context
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「もう俺たちの邪魔をしないなら、今までのことは水に流してやってもいいけど？」「やけに寛大なんだな・・・」
If you don't get in our way any more, I could see my way to letting bygones be bygones. "That's remarkably generous ..."
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君達はいさかいを止めて、過去のことは水に流してもいい頃じゃないのかい？
Isn't it about time you guys buried the hatchet and let bygones be bygones?
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Let bygones be bygones.
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それはすべて水に流した。
It all came to nothing.
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Let bygones be bygones.
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Susie is so constituted that she cannot forgive and forget things.
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Kanji found in this word
current, a sink, flow, forfeit
On: リュウ, ル
Kun: なが.れる, なが.れ, なが.す, -なが.す
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