komugiko o mizu de toku.

I mix the wheat flour with water.

Breakdown of komugiko o mizu de toku.

• を: direct object particle
• 水みず: water
• で: means particle
• 小麦粉こむぎこ: wheat flour

Questions & Answers about komugiko o mizu de toku.

How do you read 小麦粉?

It is read こむぎこ.

• 小麦 = wheat
• 粉 = flour / powder

So 小麦粉 means wheat flour, or just flour in many contexts.

Why is を used after 小麦粉?

を marks the direct object of the verb.

In 小麦粉を水で溶く, the thing being acted on is 小麦粉.
That is the thing you are dissolving or mixing into liquid.

So:

• 小麦粉を = the flour as the object
• 溶く = to dissolve / to mix so that it loosens into liquid

Why is で used after 水?

Here, で shows the means or medium used to do the action.

So 水で溶く means something like:

• dissolve it using water
• mix it with water
• loosen it with water

In other words, water is the substance used to carry out the action.

Why isn’t it 水に instead of 水で?