満つ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
満
み Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
滿つ (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

• 充つ

Etymology

⟨mi₁tu⟩ → */mʲitu/ → /mit͡su/

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

• Pitch accent for verb forms 2 and 3 unknown.

Verb 1

1. to be full, mature
2. (impersonal) for the moon to wax
3. (impersonal, of the tide) to rise

Conjugation

Conjugation of "満つ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	満た	みた	mita
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	満ち	みち	michi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	満つ	みつ	mitsu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	満つ	みつ	mitsu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	満て	みて	mite
Meireikei ("imperative")	満て	みて	mite
Key constructions
Passive	満たれる	みたれる	mitareru
Causative	満たせる 満たす	みたせる みたす	mitaseru mitasu
Potential	満てる	みてる	miteru
Volitional	満とう	みとう	mitō
Negative	満たない	みたない	mitanai
Negative continuative	満たず	みたず	mitazu
Formal	満ちます	みちます	michimasu
Perfective	満った	みった	mitta
Conjunctive	満って	みって	mitte
Hypothetical conditional	満てば	みてば	miteba

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 満(み)たす (mitasu, transitive)
• 満(み)たない (mitanai)
• 満(みつ) (mitsu, one of the 十二直 (jūni-choku) calendar markers)
• 飽(あ)き満(み)つ (akimitsu)
• 潮(しお)満(み)つ珠(たま) (shiomitsu-tama, “tide jewel”)
• 潮(しお)満(み)つ瓊(に) (shiomitsu-ni, “tide jewel”)
• 住(す)み満(み)つ (sumimitsu)
• そらみつ (sora mitsu), 空(そら)に満(み)つ (sora ni mitsu, pillow words)
• 泣(な)き満(み)つ, 鳴(な)き満(み)つ (nakimitsu)
• 揺(ゆ)すり満(み)つ (yusurimitsu)

Idioms

• 桃李門(とうりもん)に満(み)つ (Tōrimon ni mitsu)

Verb 2

1. (archaic) to be full, mature
2. (archaic, of the moon) to wax
3. (archaic, of the tide) to rise

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 満(み)ち (michi, incomplete and stem form)
• 満(み)ちる (michiru, intransitive, modern form)
• 満(みつる) (Mitsuru, given name)
• 満(み)ち満(み)ちる (michi-michiru)
• 満(み)ち溢(あふ)れる (michiafureru)
• 満潮(みちしお), 満(み)ち潮(しお) (michishio)
• 満(みち)干(ひ), 満(み)ち干(ひ) (michihi)
• 満(みち)引(ひ)き, 満(み)ち引(ひ)き (michihiki)
• 満(みち)足(た)りる, 満(み)ち足(た)りる (michitariru)

Proverbs

• 山雨(さんう)来(き)たらんと欲(ほっ)して風(かぜ)楼(ろう)に満(み)つ (san'u kitaran to hosshite kaze rō ni mitsu)
• 大食(たいしょく)腹(はら)に満(み)つれば学問(がくもん)腹(はら)に入(い)らず (taishoku hara ni mitsureba gakumon hara ni irazu)
• 月(つき)満(み)つれば則(すなわ)ち虧(か)く (tsuki mitsureba sunawachi kaku)
• 満(み)つれば虧(か)く (mitsureba kaku)

Verb 3

1. (archaic) to fill

   Synonym: 満たす (mitasu)

2. (archaic) to satisfy (a request, wish, etc.)
3. (archaic) to finish something at a predetermined time

Derived terms

• 代(しろ)満(み)て (shiromite)