撒く – Vocabulary details

撒まく

Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)

Usually written in kana

1. to scatter; to sprinkle; to strew

2. to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.)

3. to give the slip; to throw off; to shake off; to lose

sprinkle

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to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)

to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)

農のう業ぎょう家かが小こ麦むぎの種たねを畑はたけに撒まいた。

The farmer scattered the wheat seeds in the field.

彼かれはホースを使つかって庭にわに水みずを撒まいていました。

He was watering his garden with a hose.

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