散布・撒布|さんぷsanpu[1]atamadaka (head-high)
さっぷsappu[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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Which spelling to use
散布散布 is the more common written form of this word and the one beginners should normally choose.
撒布撒布 is a less common written form of the same word. Recognize it as a variant, but beginners should generally use 散布 instead.
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbdissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 散布する（さんぷする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 散布します（さんぷします） |
| Negative (nai) | 散布しない（さんぷしない） |
| polite (masen) | 散布しません（さんぷしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 散布せず・散布せぬ（さんぷせず・さんぷせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 散布した（さんぷした） |
| polite (mashita) | 散布しました（さんぷしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 散布しなかった（さんぷしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 散布しませんでした（さんぷしませんでした） |
| Te form | 散布して（さんぷして） |
| Potential | 散布できる（さんぷできる） |
| Passive | 散布される（さんぷされる） |
| Causative | 散布させる（さんぷさせる） |
| Causative passive | 散布させられる（さんぷさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 散布すれば（さんぷすれば） |
| tara | 散布したら（さんぷしたら） |
| Volitional | 散布しよう（さんぷしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 散布しましょう（さんぷしましょう） |
| Imperative | 散布しろ（さんぷしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- SynonymばらまくCasualColloquial. Scattering handfuls about or handing out freely; also squandering money, as in 「種をばらまく」「金をばらまく」. 「散布」 is more written, mostly for spraying chemicals.
- SynonymまくNeutralThe everyday verb for scattering — sowing seeds, sprinkling water. The most common choice in daily speech.
- Synonym広めるひろめるNeutralA verb for spreading or promoting something, as in 「名を広める」.
- Synonym撒き散らすまきちらすNeutralScattering things all around or spreading them everywhere, e.g. 「紙吹雪を撒き散らす」「悪口を撒き散らす」. 「散布」 suggests deliberate, planned spraying.
- Synonym振りまくふりまくNeutralStrewing or giving off in all directions, e.g. 「愛嬌を振りまく」「悪臭を振りまく」. 「散布」 is typically said of spraying chemicals.
- Related散乱さんらんNeutralThings lying scattered in disorder; stresses the messy state rather than the act of scattering.
- Related拡散かくさんNeutralDiffusion and spreading, mostly of information or substances, as in 「情報を拡散する」.
- Related普及ふきゅうNeutralPopularizing something so it reaches the general public; stresses widespread adoption and use.
- Related流布るふWrittenWritten/formal prose. Circulating widely, as in 「誤った説が流布する」.
- Related伝播でんぱWrittenWritten/formal prose. Transmission and spread, often of culture or disease.
- RelatedちらしNeutralA noun: scattering, and also a flyer or chirashi sushi. 「散布」 refers specifically to the act of scattering or spraying.
- Related配布はいふNeutralDistributing materials, as in 「資料を配布する」; stresses giving one to each person.
- Related押し広めるおしひろめるWrittenWritten/formal prose. Spreading or promoting ideas and theories; rare even in writing.
- Related伝搬でんぱんWrittenWritten/formal prose. A physics term for the propagation of radio waves, sound waves and the like.
- Related四散しさんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Scattering in all directions — people fleeing, debris flying; stresses dispersal to every side.
- Antonym収集しゅうしゅうNeutralAntonym: collecting things in — the opposite of scattering them out with 「散布」.
- Antonym集積しゅうせきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Antonym: piling up and accumulating, the opposite of scattering things apart.
Use 「散布」 for spraying pesticides or scattering chemicals, as in 「農薬を散布する」. For everyday scattering say 「撒く」, for spreading information 「拡散」, and for handing out materials 「配布」. 「ばら撒く」 is the colloquial choice and can also mean squandering money. The opposite of scattering things out is 「収集」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Japanese definitions
- まき散らすこと。
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English equivalents
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