(やまも)

やまもり
noun, adverb
heaped, piled high
1. heaped, piled high, overflowing
A large amount of something piled up like a mountain, typically food on a plate.
ごはんを山盛(やまも)りにした。
I piled the rice high.
山盛(やまも)りの野菜(やさい)サラダを()べた。
I ate a salad with a heaping pile of vegetables.
(さら)唐揚(からあ)げが山盛(やまも)りに()られていた。
The plate was piled high with fried chicken.

Literally "piled like a mountain." Describes food or other items heaped generously on a plate or surface. Can function as a noun (山盛(やまも)りのごはん) or adverbially (山盛(やまも)りに()る).

FORMATION:
(やま) (mountain) + ()り (serving, piling).

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • 山盛(やまも)りに()る: to pile high, to heap
  • 山盛(やまも)りの + noun: a heaping serving of ~
  • 山盛(やまも)りになっている: to be piled high

REGISTER:
Casual and vivid. Commonly used in everyday conversation about food. Can also be used figuratively: 仕事(しごと)山盛(やまも)り (piled up with work).