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atejirarely used kanji formusually written using kana alonegodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)intransitive verb

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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

おぼれかけた子供こどもみずなかもがいていた

The child who was nearly drowning was struggling in the water.

どんなにもがいても、運命うんめいにはさからえないと彼女かのじょさとった。

She realized that no matter how desperately she struggled, she could not defy fate.

失業しつぎょうしたあとかれ再就職さいしゅうしょくしようともがきつづけた。

After losing his job, he kept making desperate efforts to find new employment.

ふか絶望ぜつぼうなかもがくことをやめず、かれはついにひかり見出みいだした。

Without ceasing to struggle in the depths of despair, he finally found a ray of light.

あみにからまったさかなもがけばもがくほど身動みうごきがとれなくなった。

The fish caught in the net became more and more unable to move the more it struggled.