わら
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. straw
Kanji used
straw
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (29 in total)
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
bundle of straw; sheaf
Examples (5 in total)
He'll clutch at any straw.
In Hokkaido, they make horses of straw.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Is this hay or straw?
In early days pioneers lived in houses made of mud and straw.