Illustration: At a flour-dusted worktable in a small udon shop, a cook leans forward and presses the heels of both hands into a thick lump of dough. Its near edge is folded over, and the pressure stretches the soft mass outward beneath the palms.

こねる

koneru

to knead

Example sentences

生地きじをこねます。
Knead the dough.
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小麦粉こむぎこをこねて成形せいけいし、油あぶらで揚あげたもの。
It is made by kneading wheat flour-based dough into the appropriate shape, and then frying it in oil.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
小麦粉こむぎこをこねて平たいらにし、切きり揃そろえたもの。
It is made by kneading wheat flour to be flat, and then cutting it in the same size.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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