よそう
よそう
verb (godan)
to serve (rice, soup)
1.
to serve, to dish out (rice, soup, etc.)
To scoop food from a pot or rice cooker into a bowl. Primarily used for rice and soup.
ご飯をよそってください。
Please serve the rice.
茶碗に味噌汁をよそう。
To ladle miso soup into a bowl.
母が家族の分のご飯を一人ずつよそった。
My mother served rice into each family member's bowl one by one.
よそう is a verb specifically for scooping and serving rice or soup from a larger container into individual bowls. It is typically written in kana.
KANJI:
- Sometimes written as 装う, but kana is standard
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- ご飯をよそう: to serve rice
- 味噌汁をよそう: to serve miso soup
- 茶碗によそう: to serve into a bowl
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 盛る: to heap, to pile food on a plate — used more broadly for plating food, not just scooping into bowls
- よそう is specific to scooping from a pot/cooker into a bowl