Word · 単語
藻掻く
Reading もがく
to struggle
- 1 to struggle, to writhe, to wriggle, to squirm
- 2 to act frantically, to make desperate efforts
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例文 · examples
彼女は立ちあがろうと、もがいた。
She struggled to get up.
sense 1 · to struggle
ライオンはオリから出ようともがいた。
The lion struggled to get out of his cage.
sense 1 · to struggle
地下鉄から出るのに私はもがいた。
I struggled to get out of the subway.
sense 1 · to struggle
少年は警察官からのがれようとしてもがいた。
The little boy struggled to free himself from the policeman.
sense 1 · to struggle
その動物は檻から出ようともがいた。
The animal struggled to get out of the cage.
sense 1 · to struggle