noun
full (years, months); completed (years)
Used when counting completed years or months, especially in age calculations. Sense 2 is a noun used after a number with 数え, while sense 3 is a prefix placed before a number. Both indicate that the time period is fully completed.
See also: 数え
彼は満20歳になった。
He turned 20 years old (completed years).
数え年ではなく満年齢で計算してください。
Please calculate using the full age (completed years), not the traditional age count.
noun
Manchuria
Abbreviation of 満州. Historical and geopolitical term; may be encountered in older texts or discussions of pre-1945 East Asia.
See also: 満州
満はかつて満州と呼ばれた地域を指す略称だ。
満 is an abbreviation that refers to the region once called Manchuria.
満 is the abbreviation; 満州 is the full historical name for Manchuria.
数え年 is the traditional Japanese age-counting method where a person is 1 at birth and gains a year each New Year; 満年齢 (まんねんれい) uses completed years.
The kanji 満 means 'full' or 'fill'. The reading まん is the on'yomi. The abbreviation for Manchuria comes from the first character of 満州.