盛る

もる

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to dish up; to fill (a bowl) with
2. to pile up; to heap up; to fill up; to stack up
3. to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to prescribe
4. to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
5. to mark out (e.g. scale); to graduate (e.g. thermometer)
6. to exaggerate; to apply heavy makeup

Kanji

• 盛 heap up. Read as もる.

Example sentences

• 警察は、トムがメアリーに毒を盛ったと考えている。
  The police think Tom poisoned Mary.
• お刺身を盛るお皿は、どれにする？
  Which plate should I serve sashimi on?

Common phrases

• 器に盛る
• 毒を盛る (どくをもる) to poison (e.g. food, drink)
• 土を盛る
• 皿に盛る
• ご飯を盛る

Words containing 盛る

• 盛り上がる (もりあがる) to rouse
• 盛り上げる (もりあげる) to stir up
• 盛り込む (もりこむ) to incorporate

And 18 more.

Word lists

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