guri-guri
A firm, circular pressing or grinding motion, like massaging a sore muscle, grinding with a knuckle, or a mortar and pestle.
💡Used for pressing knuckles into a shoulder, grinding food in a mortar, or massaging a stiff neck.
こりをほぐすためにぐりぐりとマッサージした。
I pressed in circles to work out the muscle knot.
He ___ pressed his thumb into the knot in my shoulder.
彼が肩のコリに○○と親指を押し込んだ。