<entry id="2097245" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1846280</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>足掻く</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>踠く</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>足搔く</keb>
<ke_inf>&oK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>あがく</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&v5k;</pos>
<pos>&vi;</pos>
<misc>&uk;</misc>
<gloss>to paw (at) the ground</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&v5k;</pos>
<pos>&vi;</pos>
<misc>&uk;</misc>
<gloss>to struggle (using one's arms and legs)</gloss>
<gloss>to flounder</gloss>
<gloss>to flail about</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&v5k;</pos>
<pos>&vi;</pos>
<misc>&uk;</misc>
<gloss>to struggle (to escape an adverse situation)</gloss>
<gloss>to strive</gloss>
<gloss>to make every effort</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2015-08-01 14:06:30" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>luce</upd_name>
<upd_detl>it's possible that only sense 2 is [uk], being figurative and all that, but given the unusual reading of 足 I guess most would opt to write that in kana as well.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>prog, eij kana
n-grams
足掻く	724
あがく	1070
足掻いて	1570
あがいて	4818
足掻いた	257
あがいた	583</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;
@@ -17,0 +19 @@
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2015-08-01 19:49:14" stat="A">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-11-21 20:11:44" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>The kokugos have 3 senses.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>daij, prog</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -19,0 +20 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;to struggle (using one's arms and legs)&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -21 +22,9 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;to struggle&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to flail about&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;/sense&gt;
+&lt;sense&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;v5k;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;vi;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to struggle (to escape an adverse situation)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to strive&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to make every effort&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-11-21 22:43:36" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-03-19 06:43:12" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Tyler Winn</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>踠く probably getting hits from もがく.
Does show up though; found this in a search (middle right)
https://raw.senmanga.com/Bleach/VOLUME_014/74</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>広辞苑: あ‐が・く【足掻く・踠く】

大辞林: あ が・く [2]【▽足▼搔く】
明鏡: あ‐が・く【▽足▼搔く】

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
足掻く	14856
踠く	98
足搔く	No matches</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -5,0 +6,7 @@
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;踠く&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;足搔く&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;oK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-03-19 22:34:54" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>