もがく – Vocabulary details

もがく

Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)

Usually written in kana

1. to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to squirm

もがいても外はずれそうにはない。Even if I struggle, it doesn't seem like it will come off.

2. to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

けれど今いまは、この環かん境きょうから抜ぬけ出だそうともがいている。But now, I am struggling to escape from this environment.

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もがいても外はずれそうにはない。

Even if I struggle, it doesn't seem like it will come off.

網あみにかかった魚さかながもがいている。

The fish caught in the net is thrashing about.

だからこそ、彼かれは何なんとかしようともがいていたんだと思おもう。

That is why I think he was struggling to do something about it.

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