満まん々まん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

full of; brimming with

Describes a state where a feeling, quality, or substance fills something completely. Often used with nouns like 自信, やる気, or 水. Functions as a たる adjective or adverb with と.

彼かれは自じ信しん満まん々まんでプレゼンに臨のぞん

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He faced the presentation brimming with confidence.

プールに水みずが満まん々まんとたたえられていた。

The pool was filled to the brim with water.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉満々でまんまんで〈動詞どうし〉brimming with (a feeling), to do something
好こう奇き心しん満まん々まんで新あたらしい店みせに入はいった。
I went into the new store brimming with curiosity.
満々まんまんと〈動詞どうし〉〉to fill something to the brim (with water, etc.)
ダムは水みずを満まん々まんとたたえていた。
The dam was filled to the brim with water.

Kanji

満full, fullness, enough

Related words

一いっ杯ぱいN5
満々 is a formal たる-adjective used mainly with abstract nouns like 自信 or やる気, while いっぱい is the everyday word for something being full, physically or figuratively.

Opposites

皆かい無む
満々 describes a feeling or quality overflowing (e.g. 自信満々), while 皆無 describes it being completely absent (e.g. 自信皆無).

Don't confuse with

万まん々まんN1
満々 (まんまん) means brimming full of a feeling, while 万万 (まんまん), pronounced the same, is an adverb meaning 'utterly' or 'by no means' and almost always appears with a negative like 万万ない.

Word family

自じ信しん満まん々まん
full of confidence; brimming with self-confidence
意い欲よく満まん々まん
full of zeal; highly motivated; very eager
野や心しん満まん々まん
burning with ambition; highly ambitious

Written forms

満まん々まんUsage85%
Standard kanji spelling; the repetition mark 々 is the normal way to write this word.
まんまんUsage7%
マンマンUsage6%
満まん満まんUsage2%
Uncommon full-kanji spelling; 満々 is strongly preferred.

Etymology

Reduplication of 満 (man, 'full') with the meaning 'completely full'. The repetition mark 々 is standard for reduplicated kanji.

闘とう志し満まん々まん

brimming with fighting spirit; full of fight

やる気き満まん々まん

totally willing; fully motivated; raring to go