わら
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. straw
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (30 in total)
Weizenstroh; Weizenstroh; Stroh
Mark der Reisstängel
Weizenstroh; Weizenstroh; Stroh
strohgedecktes Dach
straw zori
nach einem Strohhalm greifen
Reisstroh
Strohlager
Strohstiefel
bundle of straw; sheaf
straw mat
straw hat
a drowning man will catch at a straw
Strohdach
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
Strohballen; Strohzielscheibe; mit Stroh umwickelter Schlagpfosten (im Karate)
Strohlager
Reisstroh
a drowning man will catch at a straw
new straw; straw from the current year; rice seedlings boiled and dried and then tied into a woman's hair to chase evil spirits away
making things out of straw (winter work for farmers)
straw-wrapped natto
straw wedding (anniversary)
straw-wrapped natto
rich or poor, a man is a man; (lit.) a man whose hair is tied with straw is still a man
grass and straw (as fodder for horses, etc.)
Examples (5 in total)
He'll clutch at any straw.
In Hokkaido, they make horses of straw.
You can't make bricks without straw.