Japanese edit

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

Etymology edit

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

First cited to 1961.[3]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(まん)タン (mantan

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

Descendants edit

  • Korean: 만땅 (manttang)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 満タン”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 満タン”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN