Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
1. to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves)
桜はもう散っていた。The cherry blossoms had already fallen.
2. to scatter; to be dispersed
その破片は光の結晶となって、空中に散ってゆく。The fragments turn into crystals of light and scatter into the air.
3. to disappear; to dissolve; to break up
4. to spread; to run; to blur
5. to die a noble death