散る
ちる · chiru
To fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves)
- to scatter, to be dispersed
- to disappear, to dissolve, to break up
- to spread, to run, to blur
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Example sentences
桜が散るから、早く行こう。
さくらがちるから、はやくいこう。
The blossoms will fall, so let's go soon.
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 散りますちります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 散りませんちりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 散りましたちりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 散りませんでしたちりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 散りましょうちりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 散りちり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 散りたいちりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 散りながらちりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 散ってちって |
| Plain past (た形) | 散ったちった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 散ったらちったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 散っているちっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 散らないちらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 散らなかったちらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 散らなくてちらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 散れるちれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 散ればちれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 散れちれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 散ろうちろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 散られるちられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 散らせるちらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 散らされるちらされる |
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What does 散る mean?
To fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves). It can also mean: to scatter, to be dispersed; to disappear, to dissolve, to break up; to spread, to run, to blur.
How do you pronounce 散る?
ちる (chiru). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 散る?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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