答えを急ぐあまり、彼は椅子の上で踠くように身を動かした。
こたえをいそぐあまり、かれはいすのうえでもがくようにみをうごかした。
Growing impatient for an answer, he shifted restlessly in his chair.
Word Meaning 踠く
もがく
mogaku
踠く 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
- 藻掻く もがく mogaku
- 藻搔く もがく mogaku