盛もる

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

盛る · godan verb (-ru)

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

serve; dish out; fill a bowl

Used for putting food into a bowl, plate, or container for serving. Common with ご飯, 料理, サラダ, etc.

Related words

盛もり付つけるN1sense 1
盛り付ける refers specifically to arranging food attractively on a plate for serving, while 盛る is the broader, plainer act of putting food into a bowl or dish.
積つむN3sense 2
積む describes piling or stacking things neatly and deliberately, whereas 盛る can describe a more casual heaping or filling up, such as mounding sand or dishing out food.
誇こ張ちょうN1sense 6
誇張する is the neutral, formal verb for exaggerating something, while 盛る is casual slang, often used by younger speakers, for exaggerating a story or piling on makeup.
盛もり込こむ
盛る means to pile or serve food onto a plate (or to exaggerate), while 盛り込む adds the nuance of packing something fully into a container or, abstractly, into a larger whole.

Don't confuse with

盛さかるN1
盛る (さかる, meaning 'to become vigorous') is written with the same kanji as 盛る (もる) but is a completely different verb with a different reading and meaning.
盛もり上あげるN1
盛る means to heap food or material onto something (like a plate), while 盛り上げる adds the sense of raising it into a mound or, figuratively, of exciting a crowd.
漏もるN1
漏る and 盛る are pronounced identically as もる but mean opposite things: 漏る is for liquid or gas escaping through a gap, while 盛る means to pile up or serve food.