komugiko o mizu de toku tsuide ni, butabara mo kizande.

direct object particle

Breakdown of komugiko o mizu de toku tsuide ni, butabara mo kizande.

• 水みず: water
• で: means particle
• も: also

Questions & Answers about komugiko o mizu de toku tsuide ni, butabara mo kizande.

Why is 小麦粉 marked with を in 小麦粉を水で溶く?

Because 小麦粉 is the thing being acted on.

In A を B で 溶く:

• A = the thing you dissolve or loosen up
• B = the material/tool you use to do it

So here:

• 小麦粉を = the flour is the direct object
• 水で = water is what you use

This is why it is not 小麦粉で. That would suggest the flour is the means/tool, which is not the intended meaning.

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Why is it 水で and not 水に or 水と?

Here で marks the means or material used to perform the action.

So 水で溶く means something like:

• dissolve it with water
• loosen it up using water

By contrast:

• 水に often marks a destination, result, or something like into water / in water
• 水と means with water in the sense of together with, but not usually the tool/material nuance needed here

In this sentence, で is the natural choice because water is functioning as the substance used to make the flour dissolve or mix smoothly.

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What does 溶く mean here? Is it the same as mix?