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盛る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	盛もる	盛もらない
Polite	盛もります	盛もりません
Past polite	盛もりました	盛もりませんでした
Past	盛もった	盛もらなかった
Te-form	盛もって	盛もらないで
Desire	盛もりたい	盛もりたくない
Potential	盛もれる	盛もれない
Passive	盛もられる	盛もられない
Causative	盛もらせる	盛もらせない
Causative passive	盛もらせられるalso 盛もらされる	盛もらせられないalso 盛もらされない
Volitional	盛もろう
Polite volitional	盛もりましょう
Imperative	盛もれ	盛もるな
Conditional	盛もれば	盛もらなければ
Tara conditional	盛もったら	盛もらなかったら

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.

母ははは茶

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.

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