mortar; millstone
Refers to a traditional Japanese grinding or pounding vessel, often made of stone or wood, used with a pestle (杵, きね) for making mochi, grinding grains, or crushing ingredients.
At New Year's, we pound mochi with a mortar and pestle.
We pounded mochi in the mortar.
My grandmother ground soybeans in a stone mill to make kinako.
石臼を挽いて小麦粉を作る。
They grind wheat flour by turning a stone millstone.
臼 is a larger mortar used with a pestle (杵) mainly for pounding mochi or grinding grain, while すり鉢 is a smaller ceramic bowl with ridges used with a すりこぎ for grinding sesame or making pastes.
臼 is a traditional stone or wooden mortar/mill turned by hand, whereas ミル is a modern mechanical or electric grinder.
counter for small objects; counter for pieces · counter for military units · individual; one person · counter for years of age difference; counter for school years
stone mortar; millstone; quern
tea grinding mortar; hand mill for tea
upper millstone
lower millstone; nether millstone
stone hand mill
mortar; stamp mill
horizontal stone hand mill
discoidal bead; pierced jade bead
shaggy chanterelle; scaly chanterelle; woolly chanterelle
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency in news and common usage.
Rarely used kanji form.
Rarely used kanji form.
Rarely used kanji form.
The word うす is native Japanese, with the kanji 臼 depicting the shape of a mortar. The historical derivation is uncertain.
quern; hand mill
mortar (for pounding rice)
pound grain in a mortar