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藁にもすがる藁にも縋る
わらにもすがるワラにもすがる (nokanji)
1. [exp,v5r] [id]
▶ to grasp at straws
▶ to resort to desperate measures
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2826408 藁をもすがる【わらをもすがる】 1. to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
  ⇐ see: 2857556 藁をも掴む【わらをもつかむ】 1. to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

Conjugations


History:
4. A 2022-04-19 09:55:44  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
藁にも縋る	2287
藁にもすがる	20495
  Diff:
@@ -5 +5 @@
-<keb>藁にも縋る</keb>
+<keb>藁にもすがる</keb>
@@ -8 +8 @@
-<keb>藁にもすがる</keb>
+<keb>藁にも縋る</keb>
@@ -19,0 +20 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>
3. A 2017-06-01 17:25:22  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
googits
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +13,4 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ワラにもすがる</reb>
+<re_nokanji/>
+</r_ele>
2. A 2013-03-21 22:49:42  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Koj
1. A* 2013-03-21 15:01:26  winnie <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://quizlet.com/13095247/print/  
http://ejje.weblio.jp/sentence/content/"catch+at"  
http://www.answers.com/topic/grasp

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