Glutinous rice put in a mortar is pressed in the mortar by applying the weight of a person who holds the pestle by pressing the grip of the pestle to the persons waist along the outer circumference of the mortar.
臼に開けたもち米は臼の外周に沿って杵の柄を腰に当てるか沿わせて体重をかけ、もち米を臼に圧し付ける。