Illustration: At a community craft workshop, a woman vigorously works a sheet of plain paper between both hands, squeezing and rubbing it into a loose, deeply wrinkled ball. One edge remains spread open, clearly connecting the smooth sheet to the crumpled portion in her palms.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

もむ

momu

to rub, to crumple

Example sentences

  1. その結果けっかの報道ほうどうに満足まんぞくして彼かれは手てをもんでうれしがっていた。

    He was rubbing his hands over the report of the result.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. もまないところが煎茶せんちゃや玉露ぎょくろとの大おおきな相違点そういてんである。

    In contrast to ordinary tea as well as Gyokuro, for the highest grade tea, the tencha does not undergo a crumpling process.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 確たしかに私わたしの肩かたはコリコリだけど、今いま揉もんでくれているゴリゴリしたところは骨ほねだから!

    Sure, my shoulders are stiff, but that hard bit you’re massaging right now is bone!

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

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