Translation guide
The period when the sea reaches its highest level. In Japanese, the most common word is 満潮 (manchō), but other terms exist for specific contexts like a swelling tide or the highest point of the tide.
満潮
high tide
The state of the tide being at its highest level, opposite of low tide.
Standard term for high tide. Used in weather forecasts, tide tables, and everyday conversation.
今日の満潮は午後３時です。
High tide today is at 3 PM.
満潮の時間を調べてください。
Please check the time of high tide.
Also means high tide, but can specifically refer to a storm surge or abnormally high tide. In some contexts, it's synonymous with 満潮.
Can also mean 'storm surge' or 'typhoon surge', so be careful in disaster-related contexts.
高潮に注意してください。
Please be careful of the high tide/storm surge.
Literally 'filling tide', refers to the incoming or rising tide that leads to high tide. More poetic or literary.
満ち潮が岩場を隠した。
The rising tide hid the rocky shore.
The exact moment when the tide stops rising and begins to fall.
Specifically means 'at the time of high tide' or 'high tide time'.
満潮時に船が出ます。
The ship departs at high tide.
Verb phrase meaning 'the tide comes in' or 'the tide rises'. Describes the process rather than the state.
潮が満ちてきた。
The tide is coming in.