受け流す
うけながす
to parry, to brush off
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Examples
批判を軽く受け流した。
ひはんをかるくうけながした。
He lightly brushed off the criticism.
嫌味を笑って受け流す。
いやみをわらってうけながす。
She laughs off the snide remarks.
彼は何を言われても受け流すので、けんかにならない。
かれはなにをいわれてもうけながすので、けんかにならない。
Whatever you say to him he just lets it slide, so it never turns into a fight.
Common patterns
- 軽く受け流す
- to brush off lightly
- 笑って受け流す
- to laugh it off
- 批判を受け流す
- to deflect criticism
Memory tip
The image comes from martial arts: you take the incoming blow and let it slide past instead of blocking it head-on. Its opposite is 受け止める, taking the blow seriously.
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