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盛り付け (もりつけ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

盛もり付つけ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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noun

food arrangement; plating; serving of arranged food

Refers to the act or result of arranging food attractively on a plate or dish, often in Japanese cuisine. Can also refer to the arranged food itself.

料りょう理りの盛もり付つけがとても美うつくしい。
The arrangement of the food on the plate is very beautiful.
盛もり付つけのコツを教おしえてください。
Please teach me the tips for plating.

Written forms

盛もり付つけUsage50%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
盛もりつけUsage48%
Mixed kanji-kana spelling, sometimes used in less formal contexts.
もりつけUsage3%
盛もり付つけ
Variant kanji spelling; less common but still encountered.

Kanji

盛boom, prosper, copulate
付adhere, attach, refer to

Similar words

盛もる
盛る is the verb meaning 'to heap up' or 'to serve food in a bowl/plate', while 盛り付け is the noun for the arrangement or plating itself.
飾かざり切ぎり
飾り切り refers specifically to decorative cutting of vegetables, whereas 盛り付け is the overall arrangement on the dish.

Etymology

Compound of 盛り (mori, 'heaping up', the continuative form of 盛る) + 付け (tsuke, 'attaching', the continuative form of 付ける). Literally 'heaping and attaching', referring to the arrangement of food on a dish.