Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.), to dish out, to dish up, to fill (a bowl) with.
  2. to pile up, to heap up, to fill up, to stack up.
  3. to administer (medicine, poison), to dose out, to prescribe.
  4. to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement).
  5. to mark out (e.g. scale), to graduate (e.g. thermometer).
  6. to exaggerate, to apply heavy makeup. Slang.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
盛る もる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

boom, prosper, copulate
も.る セイ さか.る (6th, N1)
turn into, become, get
セイ な.る ジョウ (4th, N3)
5th calendar sign
つちのえ ボ ボウ (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ カ ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
hooked enclosure
dish, a helping, plate
さら ベイ (3rd, N2)