tebineri de yunomi o tsukuru.

direct object particle

Breakdown of tebineri de yunomi o tsukuru.

• で: means particle
• 作つくる: to make
• 手てびねり: shaping pottery by hand

Questions & Answers about tebineri de yunomi o tsukuru.

What does 手びねり mean here?

手びねり means hand-forming or hand-building pottery.

In this sentence, it refers to making something out of clay by shaping it with your hands, rather than using a potter’s wheel or a mold.

So 手びねりで湯飲みを作る means something like:

• make a teacup by hand-forming
• make a yunomi using a hand-building method

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Why is で used after 手びねり?

Here, で shows the method or means used to do something.

So:

• 手びねりで = by hand-forming / using the hand-building method

This is a very common use of で in Japanese:

• バスで行く = go by bus
• ナイフで切る = cut with a knife
• 手びねりで作る = make by hand-forming

So in this sentence, で is not marking a place. It is marking how the cup is made.

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Why is を used after 湯飲み?