JLPT N3 · な-adjective

満足 (manzoku)

満足 (まんぞく, manzoku) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “satisfaction; contentment”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
まんぞく
Romaji
manzoku
Word class
Noun + する (suru verb)
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. satisfaction; contentment; gratification · noun, な-adjective, suru verb, transitive, intransitive
  2. sufficient; satisfactory; enough; adequate; proper · な-adjective, noun
  3. satisfying (an equation) · noun, suru verb, transitive, intransitive

Example sentences

彼は努めて雇い主を満足させようとした。
He was zealous in satisfying his employer.
いつもあかだらけで、食事も満足に与えられていない様子でした。
He was always filthy and looked like he wasn't given enough food.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 満足

Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary満足するまんぞくする manzokusuru
Polite (~masu)満足しますまんぞくします manzokushimasu
Negative満足しないまんぞくしない manzokushinai
Polite negative満足しませんまんぞくしません manzokushimasen
Past満足したまんぞくした manzokushita
Polite past満足しましたまんぞくしました manzokushimashita
Negative past満足しなかったまんぞくしなかった manzokushinakatta
Te-form満足してまんぞくして manzokushite
Potential満足できるまんぞくできる manzokudekiru
Passive満足されるまんぞくされる manzokusareru
Causative満足させるまんぞくさせる manzokusaseru
Volitional満足しようまんぞくしよう manzokushiyou
Imperative満足しろまんぞくしろ manzokushiro
Conditional (~ba)満足すればまんぞくすれば manzokusureba

Kanji in 満足

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 満足.

Source: JMdict entry 1526860 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.