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盛る

もる

to serve (food), to heap

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Examples

  1. 皿にご飯を盛った。

    さらにごはんをもった。

    I served rice onto a plate.

  2. 野菜をたくさん盛ってください。

    やさいをたくさんもってください。

    Please pile on plenty of vegetables.

  3. 大きな皿に果物をきれいに盛った。

    おおきなさらにくだものをきれいにもった。

    I arranged the fruit attractively on a large dish.

Common patterns

ご飯を盛る
to dish up rice
皿に盛る
to serve onto a plate
大盛り
a large helping

Memory tip

The image is heaping food up onto a dish, which is where the restaurant word 大盛り (large portion) comes from. In recent slang 盛る also means to exaggerate or doll something up.

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