もがく
Also written 藻掻く, 踠く
Meanings
- Godan verb, Intransitive to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to squirm
- to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
Example sentences
- 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. - 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. - 彼女は立ちあがろうと、もがいた。
She struggled to get up. - そのひったくりは、その体を押さえつけている私からなんとか逃れようと、じたばたともがいていた。
The purse snatcher was frantically struggling to get away from me while I had him pinned down.