盛る

• (Tokyo) もる (Heiban – )^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) もる (Atamadaka – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

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.

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]

• (Tokyo) さかる (Heiban – )^[1][2][4]
• (Tokyo) さかる (Odaka – )^[4]
• IPA^(key):

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