散らす

• 読み: ちらす
• ローマ字: chirasu
• 漢字の分解: 散 (san/chirasu) — scatter, disperse, spread
• 発音: /tɕi.ɾa.sɯ/

意味

To scatter; to spread; to disperse. Causing things to spread out in different directions.

A Group 1 (godan) transitive verb. The transitive counterpart of 散る. Used for scattering physical objects (紙を散らす), dispersing crowds (人を散らす), diverting attention (気を散らす, to distract), and in cooking for garnishing (ネギを散らす, to sprinkle green onions). Also appears in 散らし寿司 (chirashi-zushi, scattered sushi).

例文

1. 風が落ち葉を散らしていた。
2. 仕上げにネギを細かく散らした。
3. おもちゃを部屋中に散らすのはやめなさい。

使い方ガイド

場面: cooking, daily life, nature

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 散 depicts a hand (攵) separating or breaking apart hemp (㪔). Originally meant 'to break apart and spread.' The transitive form 散らす emphasizes the agent causing the scattering.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal