Throw the steamed rice mixed with azuki beans into a tub called "nerioke" that is shaped like shitodaru (a barrel of four-to or about 72-liters), and knead them by two sticks calling out "Ei Ei."
合せた糯米を挺樋（ねりおけ）と呼ばれる四斗樽の樋に投じて2本の棒を用いて「エイエイ」と掛声をしながら、こねつける。