満ちる・充ちる|みちるmichiru[2]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
満ちる満ちる is the most common written form and the recommended default choice for learners using this word.
充ちる充ちる is a rarely used written variant of 満ちる; learners will seldom need to choose it.
Definitions
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto fill; to become full (of); to be filled (with); to brim (with)
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto wax (of the moon)
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto rise (of the tide); to flow; to come in
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto expire (of a period of time); to mature; to come to an end
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 満ちる（みちる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 満ちます（みちます） |
| Negative (nai) | 満ちない（みちない） |
| polite (masen) | 満ちません（みちません） |
| classical zu / nu | 満ちず・満ちぬ（みちず・みちぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 満ちた（みちた） |
| polite (mashita) | 満ちました（みちました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 満ちなかった（みちなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 満ちませんでした（みちませんでした） |
| Te form | 満ちて（みちて） |
| Potential | 満ちられる（みちられる） |
| Passive | 満ちられる（みちられる） |
| Causative | 満ちさせる（みちさせる） |
| Causative passive | 満ちさせられる（みちさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 満ちれば（みちれば） |
| tara | 満ちたら（みちたら） |
| Volitional | 満ちよう（みちよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 満ちましょう（みちましょう） |
| Imperative | 満ちろ（みちろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Transitive / intransitive pair
会場が人で満ちる
満ちる describes a space becoming full as a natural or spontaneous change, while 満たす focuses on an agent deliberately filling it.
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Synonyms & antonyms
- Related満たすみたすNeutralTransitive: you make something full or satisfy conditions, as in 「条件を満たす」. The headword 満ちる is intransitive — things become full on their own.
- Related充足じゅうそくWrittenWritten/formal word for being sufficiently filled or satisfied, as in 「充足感」; it leans formal, though phrases like that are common in ordinary use.
- Antonym欠けるかけるNeutralThe opposite of 満ちる: things chip, break off, or go missing, and the moon wanes where 満ちる has it waxing full.
- Antonym空くすくCasualColloquial opposite: a place empties out or thins of people, the reverse of brimming full with 満ちる.
「満ちる」 is for things becoming full on their own — the tide, the waxing moon. 「満たす」 makes something full or meets conditions (「条件を満たす」); 「充足」 is formal prose for sufficiency. Opposites: 「欠ける」 for chipped or missing, waning moon; 「空く」 colloquial for emptying out.
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Japanese definitions
Kanji in this word
English equivalents
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