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盛装する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	盛せい装そうする	盛せい装そうしない
Polite	盛せい装そうします	盛せい装そうしません
Past polite	盛せい装そうしました	盛せい装そうしませんでした
Past	盛せい装そうした	盛せい装そうしなかった
Te-form	盛せい装そうして	盛せい装そうしないで
Desire	盛せい装そうしたい	盛せい装そうしたくない
Potential	盛せい装そうできる	盛せい装そうできない
Passive	盛せい装そうされる	盛せい装そうされない
Causative	盛せい装そうさせる	盛せい装そうさせない
Causative passive	盛せい装そうさせられる	盛せい装そうさせられない
Volitional	盛せい装そうしよう
Polite volitional	盛せい装そうしましょう
Imperative	盛せい装そうしろ	盛せい装そうするな
Conditional	盛せい装そうすれば	盛せい装そうしなければ
Tara conditional	盛せい装そうしたら	盛せい装そうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

dressing up in fine clothes; splendid clothes; one's best clothes

Refers to formal, elegant attire or the act of dressing up for a special occasion. Often used in written or formal contexts.

彼かの女じょはパーティーに盛せい装そうして現あらわれた。
She appeared at the party dressed up in fine clothes.
卒そつ業ぎょう式しきでは皆みなが盛せい装そうする。
At the graduation ceremony, everyone dresses up.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が盛せい装そうするfor someone to dress up in fine clothes
彼かの女じょはパーティーのために盛せい装そうした。
She dressed up in her finest clothes for the party.
盛せい装そう姿すがたで〈場ば所しょ〉に現あらわれるto appear somewhere dressed in one's finest attire
彼かれは盛せい装そう姿すがたで結けっ婚こん式しきに現あらわれた。
He showed up at the wedding dressed in his finest clothes.

Kanji

盛boom, prosper, copulate
装attire, dress, pretend

Related words

正せい装そうN1
正装 is the required formal dress for an occasion, while 盛装 highlights dressing up splendidly and elegantly rather than following a strict code.
晴はれ着ぎ
晴れ着 refers to the special festive clothing itself, while 盛装 more often describes the act or state of dressing up in such fine clothes.
ドレスアップ
ドレスアップ is a casual, everyday way to say dressing up, while 盛装 is a more literary, formal term.
着き飾かざるN1
盛装 is a formal noun meaning 'full dress' or 'formal attire' used in written contexts, whereas 着飾る is the everyday verb for dressing up.

Opposites

普ふ段だん着ぎN3
普段着 means ordinary, everyday clothes, the opposite of the elegant special-occasion attire implied by 盛装.

Don't confuse with

清せい掃そうN2
清掃 (cleaning) is a homophone of 盛装 (dressing up in fine clothes) and can be mixed up when typing from kana input.

Etymology

Compound of 盛 (prosperous, lively) and 装 (attire, dress). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination suggests dressing in a splendid or flourishing manner.