Word Meaning てんこ盛り

てんこもり tenkomori

てんこ盛り is read as てんこもり (tenkomori) and means piling up high (food in a bowl).

Meaning

English

  1. piling up high (food in a bowl)
  2. filling (a bowl)
  3. heaped bowl

Reading

Kana

てんこもり

Romaji

tenkomori

Writing Variants

  • てんこ盛 てんこもり tenkomori
  • 天こ盛 てんこもり tenkomori
  • 天こ盛り てんこもり tenkomori

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 86561 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

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てこ盛り

てこもり

piling up high (food in a bowl)

盛り

さかり

(being in) heat

目盛り

めもり

gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.)

大盛り

おおもり

large serving

働き盛り

はたらきざかり

prime of one's working life

花盛り

はなざかり

booming or peaking (in popularity)

真っ盛り

まっさかり

height of

切り盛り

きりもり

cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)

お手盛り

おてもり

making arbitrary decisions which benefit oneself

山盛り

やまもり

heap

育ち盛り

そだちざかり

growth period (in children)