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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

もがく

N1
mogaku
  1. to struggle
  2. to wriggle
  3. to be impatient
godan verbintransitive

Also written 藻掻く

Chinese meanings

挣扎

Examples

  • その動どう物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.
    那只动物挣扎着想从笼子里出来。
  • 地ち下か鉄てつから出でるのに私わたしはもがいた。
    I struggled to get out of the subway.
    我费力地挤出地铁。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('f3cfd2a1e8'); // もがく
{
  "id": "f3cfd2a1e8",
  "word": "もがく",
  "reading": "もがく",
  "romaji": "mogaku",
  "meanings": [
    "to struggle",
    "to wriggle",
    "to be impatient"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v5k",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1012490,
  "other_forms": [
    "藻掻く"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "その動物は檻から出ようともがいた。",
      "furigana": "その{動物|どうぶつ}は{檻|おり}から{出|で}ようともがいた。",
      "en": "The animal struggled to get out of the cage.",
      "tatoeba_id": 207445
    },
    {
      "ja": "地下鉄から出るのに私はもがいた。",
      "furigana": "{地下鉄|ちかてつ}から{出|で}るのに{私|わたし}はもがいた。",
      "en": "I struggled to get out of the subway.",
      "tatoeba_id": 127017
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "a9ce917a7fbb42d8a5d88bcef22716b14f0ffda135a82cec56a369674894ac0e",
    "meanings": [
      "挣扎"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "その動物は檻から出ようともがいた。",
        "zh": "那只动物挣扎着想从笼子里出来。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "地下鉄から出るのに私はもがいた。",
        "zh": "我费力地挤出地铁。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/f3cfd2a1e8",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1012490; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "0e24c84b55de8b9a5b04039f795eda523faae52c3e7b18a7ee25c8956388b98c"
  }
}