N21475/1725

揉もむ

usually written using kana alonegodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verb

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もむ

Meanings

to rub, to crumple
to massage
to argue, to have a heated discussion
to train, to coach
to jostle, to crowd, to shake, to rock
to have various experiences (out in the world)

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Example sentences

肩かたが凝こっているので、少すこし揉もんでもらえますか。

My shoulders are stiff, so could you massage them a little?

彼女かのじょは洗濯物せんたくものを手てで揉もんで汚よごれを落おとした。

She rubbed the laundry by hand to remove the stains.

その問題もんだいについては会議かいぎで散々さんざん揉もまれた。

That issue was hotly debated at the meeting.

世間せけんで揉もまれてきた人ひとは、物事ものごとの判断はんだんが早はやい。

People who have been toughened by experience in the world make quick judgments.

彼かれは激はげしい競争きょうそうの中なかで揉もまれ、一流いちりゅうの営業えいぎょうマンへと成長せいちょうした。

He was forged through fierce competition and grew into a top-class salesperson.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)