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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「盛る
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
盛る [mòrú]
Imperative (命令形) 盛れ [mòré]
Key constructions
Passive 盛られる られる [mòrárérú]
Causative 盛らせる らせる [mòrásérú]
Potential 盛れる れる [mòrérú]
Volitional 盛ろう [mòróꜜò]
Negative 盛らない らない [mòránáí]
Negative perfective 盛らなかった らなかった [mòránáꜜkàttà]
Formal 盛ります りま [mòrímáꜜsù]
Perfective 盛った った [mòttá]
Conjunctive 盛って って [mòtté]
Hypothetical conditional 盛れば [mòréꜜbà]

Verb

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() (morutransitive godan (stem () (mori), past ()った (motta))

  1. to pile up; to collect into a big heap
    相撲(すもう)では、(つち)()って()(ひょう)(つく)る。
    Sumō de wa, tsuchi o motte dohyō o tsukuru.
    In sumo, we make the ring by mounding earth.
  2. to exaggerate
    (はなし)()
    hanashi o moru
    to brag
    ()(しょう)()
    keshō o moru
    to use makeup excessively
  3. to fill something with something, to put something into a container
    (めし)茶碗(ちゃわん)()
    meshi o chawan ni moru
    to fill a bowl with rice
    (きょう)同宣言(どうせんげん)(へい)()への(けつ)()()
    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
    (かれ)睡眠薬(すいみんやく)()られた
    Kare wa suimin'yaku o morareta.
    He was drugged to sleep.
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
さか
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

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]

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(さか) (sakaruintransitive godan (stem (さか) (sakari), past (さか)った (sakatta))

  1. to become frisky, to flourish
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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