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満足が行く (まんぞくがいく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

満まん足ぞくが行いく

also: まんぞくがゆく

Meanings

1

expression, godan verb (iku/yuku class)

to be satisfied with; to find satisfactory

Expresses that something meets one's expectations or standards; often used in the negative or with an explanatory の/ん. The related form 満足の行く is an adnominal variant.

See also: 満足の行く

その説せつ明めいでは満まん足ぞくが行いかない。
I'm not satisfied with that explanation.
彼かれの仕し

事ごと

ぶり

に

は

満まん

足ぞく

が

行い

く

。

I'm satisfied with the way he works.

Written forms

満まん足ぞくが行いく
Standard kanji spelling using 行く.
満まん足ぞくがいく
Common kana-mixed spelling; same reading as 満足が行く.

Kanji

満full, fullness, enough
足leg, foot, be sufficient
行going, journey, carry out

Similar words

満まん足ぞくする
満足する is a more common and straightforward way to say 'to be satisfied'. 満足が行く is slightly more emphatic or literary, often used when judging whether something meets a standard.
満まん足ぞくの行いく
満足の行く is the adnominal form used before nouns, e.g., 満足の行く結果 (a satisfactory result). 満足が行く is the predicative form.

Etymology

Compound of 満足 (satisfaction) + が (subject marker) + 行く (to go), literally 'satisfaction goes'. The idiomatic meaning 'to be satisfied' developed from the idea of satisfaction being achieved or reached.