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もがく

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Inflections of もがく
Common
もがく
Meaning
    1. ①
      to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to squirm
      その動物どうぶつは檻おりから出でようともがいた。
      The animal struggled to get out of the cage.
    2. ②
      to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
Kanji
藻 ソウ seaweed, duckweed 掻 ソウ scratch, rake, comb
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