Japanese symbol for “exaggerate”
盛る
もる
Romaji: moru
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to dish up; to fill (a bowl) with
In Japanese, exaggerate is 盛る, read もる (moru).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- v5r, vt to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to dish up; to fill (a bowl) with
- v5r, vt to pile up; to heap up; to fill up; to stack up
- v5r, vt to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to prescribe
- v5r, vt to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
- v5r, vt to mark out (e.g. scale); to graduate (e.g. thermometer)
- v5r, vt to exaggerate; to apply heavy makeup
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “exaggerate”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大げさに言う | おおげさにいう oogesaniiu | to exaggerate; to overstate |
| 言い過ぎる | いいすぎる iisugiru | to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate |
| 之繞を掛ける | しんにゅうをかける shinnyuuokakeru | to exaggerate |
| 話を盛る | はなしをもる hanashiomoru | to exaggerate |
| 大げさにする | おおげさにする oogesanisuru | to exaggerate |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 盛り | さかり sakari | height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); (in) season |
| 盛ん | さかん sakan | prosperous; flourishing; thriving |
| 盛大 | せいだい seidai | grand; magnificent; lavish |
| 繁盛 | はんじょう hanjou | prosperity; flourishing; thriving |
| 旺盛 | おうせい ousei | lively; vigorous; energetic |
See also: Chinese symbol for “exaggerate”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.