Word | Reading | Meaning |
足掻き | あがき | I〔馬などが前足で地面をかくこと〕pawing II〔もがき苦しむこと〕struggling;〔手足をばたばたさせて〕flailing (about) |
I〔馬などが前足で地面をかくこと〕pawing II〔もがき苦しむこと〕struggling;〔手足をばたばたさせて〕flailing (about) 必死のあがきも空しく彼は力尽きて水中に沈んでいった His desperate flailing about was futile, and he sank exhausted into the water. 悪あがき ⇒わるあがき(悪足掻き) 足掻きが取れないbe in a fix;be bogged down;be stuck in the mud 彼の事業は資金不足でもはやあがきが取れなくなっている His enterprise is already in hopeless straits for lack of funds. |