"もがく" meaning in All languages combined

See もがく on Wiktionary

Verb [Japanese]

IPA: [mo̞ɡa̠kɯ̟]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|もがく|tr=intr|type=1}} もがく • (mogaku) intransitive godan (stem もがき (mogaki), past もがいた (mogaita)) Forms: もがく intransitive godan [canonical], mogaku [romanization], もがき [stem], もがいた [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], もがか [imperfective], mogaka [imperfective], もがき [continuative], mogaki [continuative], もがく [terminative], mogaku [terminative], もがく [attributive], mogaku [attributive], もがけ [hypothetical], mogake [hypothetical], もがけ [imperative], mogake [imperative], もがかれる [passive], mogakareru [passive], もがかせる [causative], もがかす [causative], mogakaseru [causative], mogakasu [causative], もがける [potential], mogakeru [potential], もがこう [volitional], mogakō [volitional], もがかない [negative], mogakanai [negative], もがかず [continuative, negative], mogakazu [continuative, negative], もがきます [formal], mogakimasu [formal], もがいた [perfective], mogaita [perfective], もがいて [conjunctive], mogaite [conjunctive], もがけば [conditional, hypothetical], mogakeba [conditional, hypothetical], 踠く [alternative, kanji], 藻掻く [alternative, kanji]
  1. to squirm; to writhe
    Sense id: en-もがく-ja-verb-9BDtQTi4 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53
  2. to struggle
    Sense id: en-もがく-ja-verb-1uDBy5BE Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53

Alternative forms

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    {
      "form": "もがく intransitive godan",
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    },
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      "form": "mogaku",
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    {
      "form": "もがき",
      "roman": "mogaki",
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    },
    {
      "form": "もがいた",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "ja-verbconj-row",
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      "form": "もがか",
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      "form": "mogaka",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfective"
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    },
    {
      "form": "もがき",
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    {
      "form": "mogaki",
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        "continuative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "もがく",
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    {
      "form": "mogaku",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "terminative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "もがく",
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    {
      "form": "mogaku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もがけ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mogake",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もがけ",
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      "form": "mogake",
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        "imperative"
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    {
      "form": "もがかれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "passive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mogakareru",
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        "passive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "もがかせる",
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        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もがかす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mogakaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mogakasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もがける",
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        "potential"
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      "form": "mogakeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "potential"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "もがこう",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
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      "form": "mogakō",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "volitional"
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      "form": "もがかない",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "mogakanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もがかず",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "mogakazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もがきます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mogakimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もがいた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mogaita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もがいて",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conjunctive"
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    },
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      "form": "mogaite",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conjunctive"
      ]
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      "form": "もがけば",
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    {
      "form": "mogakeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "hypothetical"
      ]
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      "form": "踠く",
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        "kanji"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "藻掻く",
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        "kanji"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "_dis": "49 51",
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        "to squirm; to writhe"
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          "english": "to live a life of daily struggling",
          "roman": "mogaku hibi o okuru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "日",
              "ひ"
            ],
            [
              "々",
              "び"
            ],
            [
              "送",
              "おく"
            ]
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          "text": "もがく日々を送る",
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    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞ɡa̠kɯ̟]"
    },
    {
      "other": "もがく"
    }
  ],
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}
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      "form": "もがく intransitive godan",
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    {
      "form": "mogaku",
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        "romanization"
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    {
      "form": "もがき",
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        "stem"
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      "form": "もがいた",
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        "past"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "ja-verbconj-row",
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    {
      "form": "もがか",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfective"
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    },
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      "form": "mogaka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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    },
    {
      "form": "もがき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mogaki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もがく",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mogaku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もがく",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mogaku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もがけ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mogake",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もがけ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mogake",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もがかれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mogakareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もがかせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もがかす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mogakaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mogakasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もがける",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mogakeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もがこう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mogakō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もがかない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mogakanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もがかず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mogakazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もがきます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mogakimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もがいた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mogaita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もがいて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mogaite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もがけば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mogakeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
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      "form": "踠く",
      "tags": [
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        "kanji"
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      "form": "藻掻く",
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "to squirm; to writhe"
      ],
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              "日",
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              "送",
              "おく"
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          "translation": "to live a life of daily struggling"
        }
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        "to struggle"
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    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞ɡa̠kɯ̟]"
    },
    {
      "other": "もがく"
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}

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