退散

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Chinese

retreat; to decline; to move back
retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw
 
adjourn; scatter; leisurely
adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
 
trad. (退散) 退 散
simp. #(退散) 退 散

Pronunciation

Verb

退散

  1. to retreat and scatter; to withdraw and become dispersed
  2. to subside and disappear

Japanese

Kanji in this term
退 散
たい
Grade: 6 		さん
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 退散 (thwojH sanH, literally “withdraw + scatter, disperse”).

Pronunciation

Noun

退(たい)散(さん) • (taisan) 

  1. dispersion, scattering away, spreading out
  2. running away, leaving a place (as when a group disperses)

Verb

退(たい)散(さん)する • (taisan suru) intransitive suru (stem 退(たい)散(さん)し (taisan shi), past 退(たい)散(さん)した (taisan shita))

  1. to disperse, to become scattered, to spread out; to run away, to leave a place (as when a group disperses)
    悪霊(あくりょう)退散(たいさん)！
    Akuryō taisan!
    Evil spirits, be gone!

Conjugation

Conjugation of "退散する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 退散し たいさんし taisan shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 退散し たいさんし taisan shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 退散する たいさんする taisan suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 退散する たいさんする taisan suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 退散すれ たいさんすれ taisan sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 退散せよ¹
退散しろ² 		たいさんせよ¹
たいさんしろ² 		taisan seyo¹
taisan shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 退散される たいさんされる taisan sareru
Causative 退散させる
退散さす 		たいさんさせる
たいさんさす 		taisan saseru
taisan sasu
Potential 退散できる たいさんできる taisan dekiru
Volitional 退散しよう たいさんしよう taisan shiyō
Negative 退散しない たいさんしない taisan shinai
Negative continuative 退散せず たいさんせず taisan sezu
Formal 退散します たいさんします taisan shimasu
Perfective 退散した たいさんした taisan shita
Conjunctive 退散して たいさんして taisan shite
Hypothetical conditional 退散すれば たいさんすれば taisan sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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