満まん潮ちょう

also: みちしお

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

high tide; high water

Refers to the state of the tide when the water level is at its highest. Often contrasted with 干潮 (low tide).

See also: 干潮 (かんちょう) · 引き潮

満まん潮ちょうの時じ間かんを調しらべてから釣つりに行いった。
I checked the time of high tide before going fishing.
この海かい岸がんでは満まん潮ちょうになると砂すな浜はまがほとんどなくなる。
At this beach, the sandy shore almost disappears at high tide.

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Usage patterns

満まん潮ちょうになるto become high tide
午ご後ご三さん時じごろ満まん潮ちょうになる予よ定ていだ。
The tide is expected to become high around 3 p.m.
満まん潮ちょう時じに〈動どう詞し〉to do something at the time of high tide
満まん潮ちょう時じに船ふねを出だすと安あん全ぜんだ。
It's safer to set sail at high tide.
満まん潮ちょうを迎むかえるto reach high tide
この湾わんは一日いちに二ちに回かい満まん潮ちょうを迎むかえる。
This bay reaches high tide twice a day.

Kanji

満full, fullness, enough
潮tide, salt water, opportunity

Opposites

干かん潮ちょう
満潮 is high tide when the water level peaks, while 干潮 is low tide when the water level is at its lowest.

Don't confuse with

引ひき潮しお
満潮 refers to the peak, highest state of the tide, whereas 引き潮 refers to the tide actively receding after that peak.
干かん満まん
満潮 refers only to the peak high-tide moment, whereas 干満 covers the whole cycle of rising and falling tides.

Word family

満まん潮ちょう線せん
high-water mark; high-water line

Written forms

満潮Usage82%
- まんちょう
  Standard kanji form; the most common spelling for this word.
- みちしお
満みち潮しおUsage18%
Alternate kanji form using the native Japanese reading みちしお. Less common than 満潮.
みちしお

Etymology

Compound of 満 (full) and 潮 (tide). The reading まんちょう is the on'yomi, while みちしお is the kun'yomi reading of the same characters.