満タン

Japanese
Kanji in this term
満
まん
Grade: 4
goon
Alternative spelling
滿タン (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 満(まん) (man, “full”) + タンク (tanku, “tank”).[1][2][3]

First cited to 1961.[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

満(まん)タン • (mantan) 

  1. [from 1961] a container (especially of gasoline) being full
    タンス満(まん)タン
    tansu mantan
    dresser full
    車(くるま)を満(まん)タンにする
    kuruma o mantan ni suru
    to fill up a car with gas
    ガソリンを満(まん)タンにする
    gasorin o mantan ni suru
    to fill it up completely with gasoline

Descendants
  • Korean: 만땅 (manttang)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. “満タン”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. “満タン”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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