散らす

Reading

Kana: ちらす

Romaji: chirasu

Definitions

v5s

vt

1

to scatter; to cause a shower of

2

to disperse; to distribute; to spread

3

to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve; to get rid of; to cure

4

to distract; to divert

Note: as 気を散らす, etc.

See also: 気を散らす

suf

v5s

5

to do ... wildly (i.e. disorderly or frequently); to do ... all over the place

Note: after the -masu stem of a verb

Kanji

散

Readings: サン、 ち.る、 ち.らす、 -ち.らす、 ち.らかす、 ち.らかる、 ち.らばる、 ばら、 ばら.ける

Meanings: scatter, disperse, spend, squander

Example Sentences

風(かぜ)が葉(は)を吹(ふ)き散(ち)らした。

➥The wind scattered the leaves about.

彼(かれ)はいつもいばりちらしています。

➥He is always throwing his weight around.

床(ゆか)一(いち)面(めん)に新聞紙(しんぶんし)が撒(ま)き散(ち)らされていた。

➥Newspapers lay scattered all over the floor.

彼(かれ)は部下(ぶか)に当(あち)たり散()らした。

➥He damned his men right and left.

両替人(りょうがえじん)の金(きん)を散(ち)らし、その台(だい)を倒(たお)した。

➥He scattered the coins of the money-changers and overturned their table.

私(わたし)をどなり散(ち)らす人(ひと)は気(き)にならないわ。

➥The ones who shout at me don't bother me.