均す

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 均す is read as ならす and is a transitive verb meaning to level or spread soil, rice, or another material to an even height or thickness.
• Basic usage: Leveling field soil with a rake appears in 畑の土を均す, while spreading rice thinly and evenly appears in 米を薄く均す.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The object takes を
  • Because someone makes the surface of soil or rice even, the material is marked with を.
• Difference from 平らになる
  • Unlike the expression for something becoming flat, this verb describes a person actively leveling it.