満ちる

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 満ちる is read as みちる and is an intransitive verb for water or a tide rising or a place or feeling becoming filled with something.
• Basic usage: The rising subject appears in 潮が満ちる, while the filling quality appears in 花の香りに満ちる.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Difference from 満たす
  • 満ちる presents something becoming full; transitive 満たす presents an actor filling it.
• が and に
  • が marks what rises or fills, while に can mark the substance or quality that fills a place.