散らす (Chirasu) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to scatter, to cause a shower of, to disperse, to distribute”.
Meanings
- godan verb, transitive verbto scatter; to cause a shower of
- godan verb, transitive verbto disperse; to distribute; to spread
- godan verb, transitive verbto resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve; to get rid of; to cure
- godan verb, transitive verbto distract; to divertas 気を散らす, etc.
- suffix, godan verbto do ... wildly (i.e. disorderly or frequently); to do ... all over the placeafter the -masu stem of a verb
Examples
両替人の金を散らし、その台を倒した。
He scattered the coins of the money-changers and overturned their table.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).