藻掻く
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Meanings
- to struggle, to writhe, to wriggle, to squirm
- to act frantically, to make desperate efforts
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Example sentences
The child who was nearly drowning was struggling in the water.
She realized that no matter how desperately she struggled, she could not defy fate.
After losing his job, he kept making desperate efforts to find new employment.
Without ceasing to struggle in the depths of despair, he finally found a ray of light.
The fish caught in the net became more and more unable to move the more it struggled.
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