Word Meaning 盛り

もり mori

盛り is read as もり (mori) and means chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce.

Meaning

English

chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
serving (of food)
helping

Reading

Kana

もり

Romaji

mori

Writing Variants

盛もり mori

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Synonyms 最盛期,盛期,全盛期 Antonyms 衰 Rank 84017 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

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盛り上がり

もりあがり

bulge

盛り切り

もりきり

single helping (e.g. of rice)

盛ん

さかん

popular

盛大

せいだい

forceful

盛る

もる

to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

盛り上げる

もりあげる

to pile up

盛り上がる

もりあがる

to rouse

盛り土

もりど

embankment (for road, railway, etc.)

盛衰

せいすい

rise and fall

盛り込む

もりこむ

to fill (a vessel) with

盛況

せいきょう

success

盛り場

さかりば

busy place

Example Sentences

街は祭りで大いに盛り上がった。

まちはまつりでおおいにもりあがった。

The town got very lively because of the festival.

景気が少しずつ盛り返してきた。

けいきがすこしずつもりかえしてきた。

The economy has started to recover little by little.

今が一年で最も花の盛りだ。

いまがいちねんでもっともはなのさかりだ。

Now is the peak of the flower season for the year.