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藁 kanji
straw
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- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 17
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
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Words with 藁
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —藁仕事making things out of straw (winter work for farmers)
- —巻藁矢close-range fletched practice arrow
- —藁帽子straw hat
- —麦藁菊strawflower (Xerochrysum bracteatum); golden everlasting
- —麦藁蜻蛉dragonfly
- —藁をも掴むto grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
- —藁にもすがるto grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
- —藁をもすがるto grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
- —藁で束ねても男は男rich or poor, a man is a man; a man whose hair is tied with straw is still a man
- —藁にもすがる思いでhoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope
- —溺れる者は藁をも掴むa drowning man will clutch at a straw
- —藁沓straw boots
- —藁靴straw boots
- —藁葺straw-thatching; straw-thatched roof
- —麦藁wheat straw; barley straw
- —敷藁(animal's) litter; bedding
- —稲藁rice straw; paddy straw
- —藁ぐつstraw boots
- —藁半紙straw paper
- —藁ぶきstraw-thatching; straw-thatched roof
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