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退散

退散

Chinese

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

Verb

退散

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
退
たい
Grade: 5
さん
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

退散 (hiragana たいさん, romaji taisan)

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

Verb

退散する (intransitive, hiragana たいさんする, romaji taisan suru)

  1. to disperse, to become scattered, to spread out; to run away, to leave a place (as when a group disperses)

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9