盛る

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
盛
も
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "盛る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
盛る もる [mòrú]
Imperative (命令形) 盛れ もれ [mòré]
Key constructions
Passive 盛られる もられる [mòrárérú]
Causative 盛らせる もらせる [mòrásérú]
Potential 盛れる もれる [mòrérú]
Volitional 盛ろう もろ​ー [mòróꜜò]
Negative 盛らない もらない [mòránáí]
Negative perfective 盛らなかった もらな​かった [mòránáꜜkàttà]
Formal 盛ります もりま​す [mòrímáꜜsù]
Perfective 盛った もった [mòttá]
Conjunctive 盛って もって [mòtté]
Hypothetical conditional 盛れば もれ​ば [mòréꜜbà]

Verb

盛(も)る • (moru) transitive godan (stem 盛(も)り (mori), past 盛(も)った (motta))

  1. to pile up; to collect into a big heap
    相撲(すもう)では、土(つち)を盛(も)って土(ど)俵(ひょう)を作(つく)る。
    Sumō de wa, tsuchi o motte dohyō o tsukuru.
    In sumo, we make the ring by mounding earth.
  2. to exaggerate
    話(はなし)を盛(も)る
    hanashi o moru
    to brag
    化(け)粧(しょう)を盛(も)る
    keshō o moru
    to use makeup excessively
  3. to fill something with something, to put something into a container
    飯(めし)を茶碗(ちゃわん)に盛(も)る
    meshi o chawan ni moru
    to fill a bowl with rice
    共(きょう)同宣言(どうせんげん)に平(へい)和(わ)への決(けつ)意(い)を盛(も)る。
    Kyōdōsengen ni heiwa e no ketsui o moru.
    The determination to make peace is made with the signing of the joint declaration.
  4. to administer drugs to, especially to poison
    彼(かれ)は睡眠薬(すいみんやく)を盛(も)られた。
    Kare wa suimin'yaku o morareta.
    He was drugged to sleep.
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Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
盛
さか
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Attested since at least 1673.[3][1]

Cognate with 栄える (sakaeru, “to flourish, to thrive”) and 栄す, 盛す (sakasu, “to make something lively”), ultimately deriving from 咲く (saku, “to bloom”).[3]

Pronunciation

Verb

盛(さか)る • (sakaru) intransitive godan (stem 盛(さか)り (sakari), past 盛(さか)った (sakatta))

  1. to become frisky, to flourish
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References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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