Word Meaning 藻掻く

もがく mogaku

藻掻く is read as もがく (mogaku) and means to act frantically.

Meaning

English

to act frantically
to make desperate efforts
to struggle
to writhe
to wriggle
to squirm

Reading

Kana

もがく

Romaji

mogaku

Writing Variants

踠くもがく mogaku

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

藻類

そうるい

seaweed

藻

も

algae

掻く

かく

to perspire

海藻

かいそう

seaweed

掻き回す

かきまわす

to rummage around

三日月藻

みかづきも

Closterium (genus of algae)

日本藻類学会

にっぽんそうるいがっかい

Japanese Society of Phycology

日本海藻協会

にっぽんかいそうきょうかい

Japan Seaweed Association

円石藻

えんせきそう

coccolithophorid

車軸藻植物

しゃじくもしょくぶつ

charophyte

緑藻植物門

りょくそうしょくぶつもん

Chlorophyta

品字藻

ひんじも

star duckweed (Lemna trisulcata)