退たい散さん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

dispersal; breaking up; scattering

Describes a group of people or things spreading out and going away, often after being gathered. Can be used for crowds, enemies, or abstract things like worries.

• デモ隊たいは警けい察さつの警けい告こくで退たい散さんした。

  The demonstrators dispersed after a warning from the police.

• 雲くもが風かぜで退たい散さんし、青あお空ぞらが広ひろがった。

  The clouds scattered with the wind, revealing a blue sky.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

running away; fleeing; beating a retreat

Often used in a slightly humorous or exaggerated way when someone leaves a place quickly, especially to avoid trouble or an awkward situation. Can also be used for literal fleeing from danger.

• 彼かれは借しゃっ金きん取とりが来くると聞きいて、すぐに退たい散さんした。

  He beat a hasty retreat as soon as he heard the debt collector was coming.

• まずい空くう気きになって、みんな退たい散さんした。

  The atmosphere turned awkward and everyone fled.