満潮(まんちょう)

Forms

• 満(まん) (full) + 潮(ちょう) (tide)

Related words

• 干潮(かんちょう) (low tide) - antonym
• 潮(しお)の満(み)ち引(ひ)き (ebb and flow of tides)
• 引(ひ)き潮(しお) (ebb tide)
• 上(あ)げ潮(しお) (rising tide/flood tide)
• 大潮(おおしお) (spring tide - extreme high/low tides)
• 小潮(こしお) (neap tide - moderate tides)

Science

• Caused by gravitational pull of 月(つき) (moon) and 太陽(たいよう) (sun)
• Occurs approximately twice daily
• Heights vary with lunar cycle

Practical uses

• Fishing (釣(つ)り) - fish behavior changes with tides
• 潮干狩(しおひが)り (clam digging) - done at low tide
• Surfing - wave conditions affected by tides
• Maritime navigation

Common collocations

• 満潮(まんちょう)になる (to become high tide)
• 満潮(まんちょう)の時刻(じこく) (time of high tide)
• 満潮(まんちょう)時(じ) (at high tide)