# 満つ
## Japanese

* Kanji in this term
* 満
* み Grade: 4
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 滿つ (kyūjitai) 充つ

### Etymology

⟨mi$_1$tu⟩ → */mʲitu/ → /mit͡su/
From Old Japanese.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) みつ [míꜜtsù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [mʲit͡sɨ]
* Pitch accent for verb forms 2 and 3 unknown.

### Verb

満(み)つ • (mitsu) intransitive godan (stem 満(み)ち (michi), past 満(み)った (mitta))
* to be full, mature
* (impersonal) for the moon to wax
* (impersonal, of the tide) to rise

#### Conjugation

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 |
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

* 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)
* 空(そら)に満(み)つ (sora ni mitsu, pillow word)
* 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

満(み)つ • (mitsu) intransitive $^†$nidan
* (archaic) to be full, mature
* (archaic, of the moon) to wax
* (archaic, of the tide) to rise

#### Conjugation

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

* 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 (michimichiru)
* 満(み)ち溢(あふ)れる (michiafureru)
* 満(み)ち潮(しお) (michishio)
* 満(み)ち干(ひ) (michihi)
* 満(み)ち引(ひ)き (michihiki)
* 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

満(み)つ • (mitsu) transitive $^†$nidan
* (archaic) to fill
    Synonym: 満たす (mitasu)
* (archaic) to satisfy (a request, wish, etc.)
* (archaic) to finish something at a predetermined time

#### Conjugation

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

* 代(しろ)満(み)て (shiromite)

### References

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