揉
揉

rub, massage, shampoo, debate vigorously, train, coach, worry, get in trouble

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ジュウ

Kun

も.むも.める

Dictionary

Common Words

もむ揉むTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #4420
1

to rub; to crumple

Examples
その結果の報道に満足して彼は手をもんでうれしがっていた。
He was rubbing his hands over the report of the result.
2

to massage

3

to argue; to have a heated discussion

4

to train; to coach

5

to jostle; to crowd; to shake; to rock

6

As もまれる

to have various experiences (out in the world)

もめる揉めるモメるIntransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #9170
1

to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)

Examples
彼らは財産分けのことでもめている。
They are arguing about their share of the property.
揉みしだくもみしだく揉み拉くTransitiveGodan verbFreq #17408
1

to crumple (up); to wrinkle

2

to rub thoroughly; to massage (esp. in sexual contexts)

揉め事もめ事もめごとNounFreq #18375
1

quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord

Examples
彼はそのもめごとに巻き込まれた。
He was involved in the trouble.
もみ消す揉み消す揉消すもみけすTransitiveGodan verbFreq #24300
1

to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire)

2

to hush up; to cover up; to stifle; to suppress

もみくちゃ揉みくちゃNoun～な Adj.～の Adj.Usually kanaFreq #25997
1

jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; (in a) crush

2

crumpling

気をもむ気を揉むきをもむExpressionGodan verbFreq #29333
1

Idiomatic expression

to worry; to fret; to get anxious

Examples
困ったことがおきるのではないかと気をもむことがある。
I sometimes apprehend that there will be some difficulty.
揉みほぐす揉み解す揉解すもみほぐすTransitiveGodan verbFreq #35590
1

to massage

もみもみ揉み揉みモミモミNoun～する VerbUsually kanaFreq #36910
1

Colloquial

massage; rub

2

Colloquial

squeezing

もみ合う揉み合うもみあうIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #39715
1

to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another

Examples
彼らは非常口から出ようともみ合った。
They jostled one another to get out of an emergency exit.
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