盛る

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
盛
も
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Verb

盛る (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana もる, rōmaji moru)

  1. to pile up; to collect into a big heap
    相 (す)撲 (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 heap up the talk → to brag
    化 (け)粧 (しょう)を盛 (も)る
    keshō o moru
    to pile on the makeup → to use makeup excessively
  3. to fill something with something, to put something into a container
    飯 (めし)を茶 (ちゃ)碗 (わん)に盛 (も)る
    meshi o chawan ni moru
    to fill a bowl with rice
    共 (きょう)同 (どう)宣 (せん)言 (げん)に平 (へい)和 (わ)への決意 (けつい)を盛 (も)る。
    Kyōdōsengen ni heiwa e no ketsui o moru.
    [We] fill the joint declaration with the determination to make peace → 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 filled with sleeping pills → He was drugged to sleep.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "盛る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 盛ら もら mora
Continuative (連用形) 盛り もり mori
Terminal (終止形) 盛る もる moru
Attributive (連体形) 盛る もる moru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 盛れ もれ more
Imperative (命令形) 盛れ もれ more
Key constructions
Passive 盛られる もられる morareru
Causative 盛らせる
盛らす		 もらせる
もらす		 moraseru
morasu
Potential 盛れる もれる moreru
Volitional 盛ろう もろう morō
Negative 盛らない もらない moranai
Negative continuative 盛らず もらず morazu
Formal 盛ります もります morimasu
Perfective 盛った もった motta
Conjunctive 盛って もって motte
Hypothetical conditional 盛れば もれば moreba
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 森 (もり) (mori, “a forest”)
  • 盛 (も)り付 (つ)ける (moritsukeru): to serve a helping in a dish or bowl

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
盛
さか
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Attested since at least 1673.[1][2]

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”).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

盛る (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana さかる, rōmaji sakaru)

  1. to become frisky, to flourish
Conjugation
Conjugation of "盛る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 盛ら さから sakara
Continuative (連用形) 盛り さかり sakari
Terminal (終止形) 盛る さかる sakaru
Attributive (連体形) 盛る さかる sakaru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 盛れ さかれ sakare
Imperative (命令形) 盛れ さかれ sakare
Key constructions
Passive 盛られる さかられる sakarareru
Causative 盛らせる
盛らす		 さからせる
さからす		 sakaraseru
sakarasu
Potential 盛れる さかれる sakareru
Volitional 盛ろう さかろう sakarō
Negative 盛らない さからない sakaranai
Negative continuative 盛らず さからず sakarazu
Formal 盛ります さかります sakarimasu
Perfective 盛った さかった sakatta
Conjunctive 盛って さかって sakatte
Hypothetical conditional 盛れば さかれば sakareba
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 盛 (さか)ん (sakan, “flourishing, thriving”)
  • 盛 (さか)り (sakari, “the height of something, the peak time of something, the full swing of something”)
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References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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