散る

• 読み: ちる
• ローマ字: chiru
• 漢字の分解: 散 (san/chiru) — scatter, fall, disperse
• 発音: /tɕi.ɾɯ/

意味

To scatter; to fall; to disperse. Things naturally spreading out or falling apart.

A Group 1 (godan) intransitive verb. Most famously used for cherry blossoms falling (桜が散る), which carries deep cultural significance in Japanese aesthetics of impermanence (もののあわれ). Also used for crowds dispersing (人が散る) and losing concentration (気が散る, to be distracted). The intransitive counterpart of 散らす.

例文

1. 桜の花びらが風に乗って散っていく。
2. 集まっていた人たちが四方に散った。
3. 周りがうるさくて気が散る。

使い方ガイド

場面: nature, poetry, daily life

トーン: poetic

起源と歴史

Same kanji as 散らす. The intransitive form 散る captures the natural, uncontrolled quality of scattering — petals falling, crowds drifting apart. Deeply embedded in Japanese poetry about the transience of beauty.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal