► 成句
満 [(1)まん] [満を持する] meaning: ready rank: 3
☆ 彼等は満を持して競合製品を発表した ⇨ They took their time to debut their competing product (☛ Be fully ready and wait for the right time to start doing something)
► 名詞
満 [(1)まん] meaning: full rank: 3
☆ うちの娘が満三才になった ⇨ My daughter has become three, has had her third birthday (☛ As opposed to 数え年, which counts calendar years)
More examples:
- 美味しいものを腹一杯食べて満悦した ⇨ I had a lot of delicious food and got very happy
- 潮の満ち引き ⇨ Ebb and flow of tide
- 彼は試合の後で審判に不満たらたらだった ⇨ He kept complaining about the referee after the match
- 彼の大統領の任期は満了した ⇨ His presidential term has completed
- 子供の好奇心に満ちた目 ⇨ Eyes of kids filled with curiosity
- 民衆の不満は沸点に達した ⇨ The discontent of the public reached the boiling point
- 彼は社長に不満を直言した ⇨ He directly told the CEO his grievance
- 彼は精神的に満たされていない ⇨ He is not satisfied, fulfilled, mentally
- 彼等は相手の満塁ホームランに自らの満塁ホームランで応酬した ⇨ They responded with their own grand slam against the one by the opponent
- 私は今の生活に特に不満は無い ⇨ I don’t have any dissatisfaction, complaint, with my current life
- 彼は褒められて満更でもない様子だ ⇨ He seems quite happy that he got praises
- 極度の肥満 ⇨ Obesity of extreme degree
- 可能性に満ちた若者 ⇨ Young people full of possibilities
- 私達は季節の味を満喫した ⇨ We enjoyed the seasonal dishes to the fullest
- 彼のやっていることは自己満足のためだけで、実際は何の意味も無い ⇨ What he is doing is utterly pointless, other than satisfying his own vanity