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Reading and JLPT level

散る JLPT 2

Kana Reading

ちる

Romaji

chiru

Word Senses

Parts of speech

Godan verb with `ru' ending, intransitive verb

Meaning

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves)

Example sentence

彼女は枯葉が散っていくのを眺めていた。 She was watching the dead leaves falling.
Parts of speech

Meaning

to scatter; to be dispersed

Example sentence

秋には葉が散る。 The leaves fall in autumn.
Parts of speech

Meaning

to disappear; to dissolve; to break up

Example sentence

ほとんどの葉が散ってしまった。 Almost all the leaves have fallen.
Parts of speech

Meaning

to spread; to run; to blur

Example sentence

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.
Parts of speech

Meaning

to die a noble death

Examples of 散る, ちる in a sentence

彼女は枯葉が散っていくのを眺めていた。

She was watching the dead leaves falling.
秋には葉が散る。

The leaves fall in autumn.
ほとんどの葉が散ってしまった。

Almost all the leaves have fallen.
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.

Verb Conjugations

Non-Past

Plain: 散る
Plain Polite: 散ります
Negative: 散らない
Negative Polite: 散りません

Past

Plain: 散った
Plain Polite: 散りました
Negative: 散らなかった
Negative Polite: 散りませんでした

Plain: 散って
Plain Polite: 散りまして
Negative: --
Negative Polite: --

Passive

Plain: 散られる
Plain Polite: 散られます
Negative: 散られない
Negative Polite: 散られません

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Kanji in this word

散 JLPT 3

12 strokes

scatter, disperse, spend, squander

On'Yomi: サン

Kun'Yomi: ち.る, ち.らす, -ち.らす, ち.らかす, ち.らかる, ばら

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