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藁
わら
をも
掴
つか
む
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, む)
Idiomatic
1. to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
Alt. forms
藁
わら
をも
掴
つか
む
43%
藁
わら
をもつか
む
43%
わらをもつか
む
10%
ワラをもつか
む
2%
Kanji used
藁
straw
掴
grab
Conjugations...
Used in: 46
Composed of
藁
わら
straw
掴
つか
む
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
溺
おぼ
れる
者
もの
は
藁
わら
をも
掴
つか
む
a drowning man will clutch at a straw