もがく
N1 mogaku
- to struggle
- to wriggle
- to be impatient
godan verbintransitive
Also written 藻掻く
Chinese meanings
挣扎
Examples
- その動物は檻から出ようともがいた。The animal struggled to get out of the cage.那只动物挣扎着想从笼子里出来。
- 地下鉄から出るのに私はもがいた。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"
}
}