霧む散さん

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Meanings

1

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

disperse like mist; vanish

formal or literary

Formal or literary term for something disappearing or scattering as if into mist. Often used figuratively for hopes, doubts, or crowds dissolving.

彼かれの不ふ安あんは一いっ瞬しゅんで霧む散さんした。
His anxiety vanished in an instant.

群ぐん

衆しゅう

は

霧む

散さん

する

よう

に

去さ

っ

て

いっ

た

。

The crowd dispersed as if melting away.

Kanji

霧fog, mist
散scatter, disperse, spend

Similar words

消きえる
Common everyday word for disappearing; 霧散 is more literary and emphasizes a mist-like scattering.
散ちる
General verb for scattering (petals, leaves, etc.); 霧散 specifically evokes vanishing like fog.

Etymology

Compound of 霧 (mist, fog) and 散 (scatter, disperse). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the meaning is transparent from its components.