わらにもすがる

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Japanese

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Alternative spellings
藁にも縋る
藁にもすがる

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ɾa̠ ɲ̟i mo̞ sɨᵝɡa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

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わらにもすがる (wara ni mo sugaruわらにもすがる (waranimosugaru)?godan (stem わらにもすがり (wara ni mo sugari), past わらにもすがった (wara ni mo sugatta))

  1. "to even depend on straw": to rely on the unreliable out of desperation

Conjugation

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