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

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
Classical conjugation of "満つ" (タ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 満た みた mita
Continuative (連用形) 満ち みち miti
Terminal (終止形) 満つ みつ mitu
Attributive (連体形) 満つ みつ mitu
Realis (已然形) 満て みて mite
Imperative (命令形) 満て みて mite
Key constructions
Negative 満たず みたず mitazu
Contrasting conjunction 満てど みてど mitedo
Causal conjunction 満てば みてば miteba
Conditional conjunction 満たば みたば mitaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 満ちき みちき mitiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 満ちけり みちけり mitikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 満ちつ みちつ mititu
Perfect tense (natural event) 満ちぬ みちぬ mitinu
Perfect-continuative tense 満てり
満ちたり
みてり
みちたり
miteri
mititari
Volitional 満たむ みたむ mitamu

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

Classical conjugation of "満つ" (タ行上二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 満ち みち miti
Continuative (連用形) 満ち みち miti
Terminal (終止形) 満つ みつ mitu
Attributive (連体形) 満つる みつる mituru
Realis (已然形) 満つれ みつれ miture
Imperative (命令形) 満ちよ みちよ mitiyo
Key constructions
Negative 満ちず みちず mitizu
Contrasting conjunction 満つれど みつれど mituredo
Causal conjunction 満つれば みつれば mitureba
Conditional conjunction 満ちば みちば mitiba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 満ちき みちき mitiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 満ちけり みちけり mitikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 満ちつ みちつ mititu
Perfect tense (natural event) 満ちぬ みちぬ mitinu
Perfect-continuative tense 満ちたり みちたり mititari
Volitional 満ちむ みちむ mitimu

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

Classical conjugation of "満つ" (タ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 満て みて mite
Continuative (連用形) 満て みて mite
Terminal (終止形) 満つ みつ mitu
Attributive (連体形) 満つる みつる mituru
Realis (已然形) 満つれ みつれ miture
Imperative (命令形) 満てよ みてよ miteyo
Key constructions
Negative 満てず みてず mitezu
Contrasting conjunction 満つれど みつれど mituredo
Causal conjunction 満つれば みつれば mitureba
Conditional conjunction 満てば みてば miteba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 満てき みてき miteki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 満てけり みてけり mitekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 満てつ みてつ mitetu
Perfect tense (natural event) 満てぬ みてぬ mitenu
Perfect-continuative tense 満てたり みてたり mitetari
Volitional 満てむ みてむ mitemu

Derived terms

  • (しろ)() (shiromite)

References

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