気が散る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
気	散
き Grade: 1	ち Grade: 4
on’yomi	kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
氣が散る (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲi ɡa̠ t͡ɕiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

気(き)が散(ち)る • (ki ga chiru) godan (stem 気(き)が散(ち)り (ki ga chiri), past 気(き)が散(ち)った (ki ga chitta))

Japanese verb pair
active	気を散らす
mediopassive	気が散る

1. [one's] concentration disperses; to be distracted

Usage notes

• This phrase has a syntactical subject 気. Thus the semantic subject is usually indefinite or implied. Otherwise, the semantic subject can be introduced as an absolute topic with は/も, or as the possessor of the syntactical subject with の. Also, the subject marker が, when the phrase is used attributively, may be replaced by の, giving 気の散る.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "気が散る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	気が散ら	きがちら	ki ga chira
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	気が散り	きがちり	ki ga chiri
Shūshikei ("terminal")	気が散る	きがちる	ki ga chiru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	気が散る	きがちる	ki ga chiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	気が散れ	きがちれ	ki ga chire
Meireikei ("imperative")	気が散れ	きがちれ	ki ga chire
Key constructions
Passive	気が散られる	きがちられる	ki ga chirareru
Causative	気が散らせる 気が散らす	きがちらせる きがちらす	ki ga chiraseru ki ga chirasu
Potential	気が散れる	きがちれる	ki ga chireru
Volitional	気が散ろう	きがちろう	ki ga chirō
Negative	気が散らない	きがちらない	ki ga chiranai
Negative continuative	気が散らず	きがちらず	ki ga chirazu
Formal	気が散ります	きがちります	ki ga chirimasu
Perfective	気が散った	きがちった	ki ga chitta
Conjunctive	気が散って	きがちって	ki ga chitte
Hypothetical conditional	気が散れば	きがちれば	ki ga chireba