満つ
みつ · mitsu
To be full
- to wax (e.g. moon)
- to rise (e.g. tide)
- to mature, to expire
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 満ちますみちます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 満ちませんみちません |
| Polite past (ました) | 満ちましたみちました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 満ちませんでしたみちませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 満ちましょうみちましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 満ちみち |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 満ちたいみちたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 満ちながらみちながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 満ってみって |
| Plain past (た形) | 満ったみった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 満ったらみったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 満っているみっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 満たないみたない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 満たなかったみたなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 満たなくてみたなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 満てるみてる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 満てばみてば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 満てみて |
| Volitional (意向形) | 満とうみとう |
| Passive (受身形) | 満たれるみたれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 満たせるみたせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 満たされるみたされる |
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What does 満つ mean?
To be full. It can also mean: to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature, to expire.
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みつ (mitsu). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
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