満つ

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
滿つ (kyūjitai)
充つ

Etymology

⟨mi1tu⟩ → */mʲitu//mit͡su/

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

  • Pitch accent for verb forms 2 and 3 unknown.

Verb

() • (mitsuintransitive godan (stem () (michi), past ()った (mitta))

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ()たす (mitasu, transitive)
  • ()たない (mitanai)
  • (みつ) (mitsu, one of the 十二直 (jūni-choku) calendar markers)
  • ()() (akimitsu)
  • (しお)()(たま) (shiomitsu-tama, tide jewel)
  • (しお)()() (shiomitsu-ni, tide jewel)
  • ()() (sumimitsu)
  • (そら)() (sora ni mitsu, pillow word)
  • ()(), ()() (nakimitsu)
  • ()すり() (yusurimitsu)

Idioms

  • 桃李門(とうりもん)() (Tōrimon ni mitsu)

Verb

() • (mitsuintransitive nidan

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

Proverbs

  • 山雨(さんう)()たらんと(ほっ)して(かぜ)(ろう)() (san'u kitaran to hosshite kaze rō ni mitsu)
  • 大食(たいしょく)(はら)()つれば学問(がくもん)(はら)()らず (taishoku hara ni mitsureba gakumon hara ni irazu)
  • (つき)()つれば(すなわ)() (tsuki mitsureba sunawachi kaku)
  • ()つれば() (mitsureba kaku)

Verb

() • (mitsutransitive nidan

  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

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • (しろ)() (shiromite)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN