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満たす · godan verb (-su)

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

Used for satisfying conditions, requirements, desires, hunger, curiosity, etc. Broad abstract sense.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

Used for filling a container, space, or supplying something to capacity. More concrete than sense 1.

〈人ひと〉の欲よっ求きゅうを満みたすto satisfy someone's desire or need
この仕し事ごとは彼かれの欲よっ求きゅうを満みたしていない。
This job doesn't satisfy his desires.
〈場ば所しょ〉を〈物もの〉で満みたすto fill a place with something
部屋へやを花はなの香かおりで満みたした。
She filled the room with the scent of flowers.
需じゅ要ようを満みたすto meet demand
生せい産さん量りょうを増ふやして需じゅ要ようを満みたす必ひつ要ようがある。
We need to increase production to meet demand.
基き準じゅんを満みたすto meet a standard or criterion
この製せい品ひんは安あん全ぜん基き準じゅんを満みたしている。
This product meets the safety standards.

満みちるN3
満たす is the transitive verb meaning 'to fill something', while 満ちる is intransitive, describing something becoming full on its own.
満みつ
満つ is intransitive ('to become full'), while 満たす is its transitive counterpart meaning 'to fill' or 'to satisfy'.

果はたすN2sense 1
果たす means to carry out or fulfill a duty, promise, or role, while 満たす means to satisfy a condition, desire, or need.
充じゅう足そく sense 1
充足する is a formal, often written word for being/making sufficient, while 満たす is the everyday verb for satisfying a need or condition.
補ほ充じゅうN1sense 2
補充する means to replenish or restock something that is short, while 満たす focuses on filling something up to capacity.
注つぐN3
注ぐ focuses on the act of pouring liquid into a vessel, while 満たす focuses on the resulting state of the container being full.

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叶かなえるN2
満たす means to satisfy or fulfill a need, condition, or desire, while 叶える specifically means to make a wish or dream come true.
癒いやすN1
満たす means to fill or satisfy a need (like hunger), a narrower sense that overlaps with one use of 癒やす, which also covers emotional and physical healing.

欠かくN1sense 1
欠く means to lack or be missing something needed, the opposite of 満たす's sense of satisfying or fulfilling a requirement.

満みたすUsage91%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
みたすUsage5%
充みたすUsage4%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 満たす is strongly preferred in modern Japanese.

Derived from the classical verb 満つ (みつ, 'to be full') with the transitive/causative suffix す, yielding 'to make full'.