散る (chiru) conjugation
to fall, to scatter (e.g., blossoms)
散る (ちる, chiru) is a godan verb. Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば. Every form below is tappable — hear it, then say it back.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~ます) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | 散る chiru | 散ります chirimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 散らない chiranai | 散りません chirimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 散った chitta | 散りました chirimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 散らなかった chiranakatta | 散りませんでした chirimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 散って chitte | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 散っている chitteiru | 散っています chitteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 散りたい chiritai | 散りたいです chiritaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 散ろう chirou | 散りましょう chirimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 散れる chireru | 散れます chiremasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 散られる chirareru | 散られます chiraremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 散らせる chiraseru | 散らせます chirasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 散らされる chirasareru | 散らされます chirasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 散れ chire | 散ってください chittekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 散るな chiruna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 散れば chireba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 散ったら chittara | — | “if / when ~”. The everyday conditional. |
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Why it conjugates this way
Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば.
See the full rules on the verb conjugation guide.