I Love Kanji散る (chiru)
散る (ちる, chiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves)”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ちる
- Romaji
- chiru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves) · godan verb, intransitive
- to scatter; to be dispersed · godan verb, intransitive
- to disappear; to dissolve; to break up · godan verb, intransitive
- to spread; to run; to blur · godan verb, intransitive
- to die a noble death · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
あなたが帰国なさる頃には、桜はみんな散ってしまっていることでしょう。
By the time you get home, all the cherry blossoms will have fallen.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 散る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 散る | ちる chiru |
| Polite (~masu) | 散ります | ちります chirimasu |
| Negative | 散らない | ちらない chiranai |
| Polite negative | 散りません | ちりません chirimasen |
| Past | 散った | ちった chitta |
| Polite past | 散りました | ちりました chirimashita |
| Negative past | 散らなかった | ちらなかった chiranakatta |
| Te-form | 散って | ちって chitte |
| Potential | 散れる | ちれる chireru |
| Passive | 散られる | ちられる chirareru |
| Causative | 散らせる | ちらせる chiraseru |
| Volitional | 散ろう | ちろう chirou |
| Imperative | 散れ | ちれ chire |
| Conditional (~ba) | 散れば | ちれば chireba |
Kanji in 散る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 散る.
散歩さんぽwalk散らすちらすto scatter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 1303490 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.