Vocab Info

N3 う-verb (る), Transitive verb

盛(も)るto serve (food, etc.), to dish out, to fill up, to pile up, to heap, to prescribe, to administer, to dose out, to put into (e.g. information in a report), to mark out (e.g. scale), to graduate (e.g. thermometer), to exaggerate, to apply heavy makeup

    Dictionary Definition

    1. う-verb (る), Transitive verb

      1. 1.

        to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.), to dish out, to dish up, to fill (a bowl) with

      2. 2.

        to pile up, to heap up, to fill up, to stack up

      3. 3.

        to administer (medicine, poison), to dose out, to prescribe

      4. 4.

        to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

      5. 5.

        to mark out (e.g. scale), to graduate (e.g. thermometer)

      6. 6.

    All Forms

    盛る 【もる】

    Details

      • も

      • る

    • Frequency

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    Examples

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    • 家族(かぞく)の茶碗(ちゃわん)にご飯(はん)を盛(も)る。

      I serve rice into my family's bowls.

      • N3
    • 彼女(かのじょ)は元(もと)彼(かれ)に毒(どく)を盛(も)った罪(つみ)で逮捕(たいほ)されました。

      She was arrested for the crime of administering poison to her ex-boyfriend.

      • N3
    • 霊(れい)が部屋(へや)に入(はい)ってくる事(こと)を防(ふせ)ぐために入(い)り口(ぐち)に塩(しお)を盛(も)りました。

      To prevent spirits from entering the room, I piled salt at the entrance.

      • N3
    • 各国(かっこく)は平和(へいわ)への決意(けつい)を盛(も)った共同(きょうどう)宣言(せんげん)に賛成(さんせい)の意味(いみ)を込(こ)めて次々(つぎつぎ)と署名(しょめい)した。

      Countries signed one after another, expressing their approval of the joint declaration, which included a commitment to peace. (Set forth)

      • N3
    • 同僚(どうりょう)の鈴木(すずき)は常(つね)に話(はなし)を盛(も)って話(はな)す癖(くせ)があるため、彼(かれ)の言(い)う事(こと)は全(まった)く信用(しんよう)出来(でき)ません。

      My colleague Suzuki has a habit of exaggerating stories, so I can't trust what he says at all.

      • N2
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