Gin-nagashi (銀流し - Specious)

Gin-nagashi

To describe something specious or phony, you can use the Japanese term 'gin-nagashi' (銀流し).

(Young people these days may not use this.)

Since 'gin' (銀) means "silver" and 'nagashi' (流し) means "stream," the literal meaning of 'gin-nagashi' is "streaming silver."

When you stream mercury (liquid silver) onto a copper or another metallic product, it can be made to look like a silver product.

This process is called 'gin-nagashi'.

However, although such products made by 'gin-nagashi' look excellent, these surfaces are easy to peal off and of poor quality.

For this reason, 'gin-nagashi' came to have the meaning of "specious" and "phony."

銀流し

見かけだおしのものや、まがいもののことを、「銀流し」と言うことがあります。

（最近の若者は言わないかもしれません。）

「銀」は "silver"、「流し」は "stream" を意味するので、「銀流し」の文字どおりの意味は、"streaming silver" となります。

水銀を、銅などの金属に流してすりつけると、銀色に仕上げることができます。

これを、「銀流し」と言います。

しかし、銀流しによって作られたものは、見かけはよいものの、剥がれやすく、質も悪いです。

このため、「銀流し」は「見かけだおし」や「まがいもの」の意味も持つようになったというわけです。

• Gin-nagashi (銀流し - Specious)
• Gin-nagashi (銀流し - Suspicious)

• To describe something specious or phony, you can use the Japanese term 'gin-nagashi' (銀流し).
• To describe something suspicious or phony, you can use the Japanese term 'gin-nagashi' (銀流し).

• (Young people these days may not use this.)
• (Young people these days might not use this.)

• When you stream mercury (liquid silver) onto a copper or another metallic product, it can be made to look like a silver product.
• When you stream mercury (liquid silver) onto a copper or other metallic product, it can be made to look like a silver product.

• However, although such products made by 'gin-nagashi' look excellent, these surfaces are easy to peal off and of poor quality.
• However, although such products made by 'gin-nagashi' look excellent, these surfaces are easy to peal off and are of poor quality.

• For this reason, 'gin-nagashi' came to have the meaning of "specious" and "phony."
• For this reason, 'gin-nagashi' came to have the meaning of "suspicious" and "phony."