捏ねる

• 読み: こねる
• ローマ字: koneru
• 漢字の分解: 捏 (ne/ko) — to knead, mold
• 発音: /ko.ne.ɾɯ/

意味

To knead; to mix thoroughly; to quibble; to complain unreasonably; to be obstinate in one's arguments.

A Group 2 (ichidan) verb with two distinct uses. Physically: kneading dough, clay, or other materials by pressing and folding repeatedly (パン生地を捏ねる). Figuratively: making unreasonable complaints or excuses — 理屈をこねる (to quibble, split hairs), 駄々をこねる (to throw a tantrum or sulk). The figurative sense draws on the image of endlessly working and reworking material to no productive end.

例文

1. パン生地を十分に捏ねることで、ふっくらしたパンになる。
2. 子どもが駄々をこねて出かけるのを嫌がった。
3. 理屈をこねるばかりで実際に動こうとしない人が多い。

使い方ガイド

場面: cooking, pottery, complaints, parenting

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The physical sense of working material with the hands is the base meaning. The figurative sense — endlessly working arguments or complaints — developed as a natural extension of the image of unproductive, repetitive manipulation.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal