I Love Kanji散らす (chirasu)
散らす (ちらす, chirasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to scatter; to cause a shower of”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ちらす
- Romaji
- chirasu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to scatter; to cause a shower of · godan verb, transitive
- to disperse; to distribute; to spread · godan verb, transitive
- to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve; to get rid of; to cure · godan verb, transitive
- to distract; to divert · godan verb, transitive · as 気を散らす, etc.
- to do ... wildly (i.e. disorderly or frequently); to do ... all over the place · suffix, godan verb · after the -masu stem of a verb
Example sentences
両替人の金を散らし、その台を倒した。
He scattered the coins of the money-changers and overturned their table.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 散らす
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 散らす | ちらす chirasu |
| Polite (~masu) | 散らします | ちらします chirashimasu |
| Negative | 散らさない | ちらさない chirasanai |
| Polite negative | 散らしません | ちらしません chirashimasen |
| Past | 散らした | ちらした chirashita |
| Polite past | 散らしました | ちらしました chirashimashita |
| Negative past | 散らさなかった | ちらさなかった chirasanakatta |
| Te-form | 散らして | ちらして chirashite |
| Potential | 散らせる | ちらせる chiraseru |
| Passive | 散らされる | ちらされる chirasareru |
| Causative | 散らさせる | ちらさせる chirasaseru |
| Volitional | 散らそう | ちらそう chirasou |
| Imperative | 散らせ | ちらせ chirase |
| Conditional (~ba) | 散らせば | ちらせば chiraseba |
Kanji in 散らす
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 散らす.
散歩さんぽwalk散るちるto fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves)解散かいさんbreaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.)散らかすちらかすto scatter around散らかるちらかるto be in disorder拡散かくさんspreading分散ぶんさんdispersion
Source: JMdict entry 1303460 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.