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揉む

もむ

to rub, to massage, to crumple

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Examples

  1. 母の肩を揉んであげた。

    ははのかたをもんであげた。

    I massaged my mother's shoulders.

  2. 彼は寒そうに手を揉んでいた。

    かれはさむそうにてをもんでいた。

    He was rubbing his hands together as if cold.

  3. 紙を揉んでから広げると、柔らかい感じになります。

    かみをもんでからひろげると、やわらかいかんじになります。

    If you crumple the paper and then spread it out, it takes on a soft look.

Common patterns

肩を揉む
to massage someone's shoulders
手を揉む
to wring one's hands
気を揉む
to fret, to worry oneself

Memory tip

Usually written もむ in kana. 気を揉む is a common idiom for anxious fretting, and the passive 揉まれる means being knocked about by a crowd or by life.

Kanji in this word

  • 揉Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists

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