See わらにもすがる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugaru",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "waranimosugaru",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがり",
"roman": "wara ni mo sugari",
"tags": [
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがった",
"roman": "wara ni mo sugatta",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-go-ru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがら",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugara",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがり",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugari",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugaru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがれ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugare",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがられる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugarareru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがらせる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがらす",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugaraseru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugarasu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがれる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugareru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがろう",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugarō",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがらない",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugaranai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがらず",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugarazu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがります",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugarimasu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがった",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugatta",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがって",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugatte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがれば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugareba",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "わら に も すがる",
"hhira": "わらにもすがる",
"type": "1"
},
"expansion": "わらにもすがる • (wara ni mo sugaru) ^(←わらにもすがる (waranimosugaru)?)godan (stem わらにもすがり (wara ni mo sugari), past わらにもすがった (wara ni mo sugatta))",
"name": "ja-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
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},
{
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"name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
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},
{
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},
{
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"\"to even depend on straw\": to rely on the unreliable out of desperation"
],
"id": "en-わらにもすがる-ja-verb-z-Mmlgq7",
"links": [
[
"rely",
"rely"
],
[
"unreliable",
"unreliable"
],
[
"desperation",
"desperation"
]
],
"related": [
{
"english": "the drowning person will clutch even straw",
"roman": "oboreru mono wa wara o mo tsukamu",
"ruby": [
[
"溺",
"おぼ"
],
[
"者",
"もの"
],
[
"藁",
"わら"
],
[
"掴",
"つか"
]
],
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "溺れる者は藁をも掴む"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[β̞a̠ɾa̠ ɲ̟i mo̞ sɨɡa̠ɾɯ̟]"
}
],
"word": "わらにもすがる"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugaru",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "waranimosugaru",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがり",
"roman": "wara ni mo sugari",
"tags": [
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがった",
"roman": "wara ni mo sugatta",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-go-ru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがら",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugara",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがり",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugari",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugaru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがれ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugare",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがられる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugarareru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがらせる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがらす",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugaraseru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugarasu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがれる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugareru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがろう",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugarō",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがらない",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugaranai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがらず",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugarazu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがります",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugarimasu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがった",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugatta",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがって",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugatte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "わらにもすがれば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "wara ni mo sugareba",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "わら に も すがる",
"hhira": "わらにもすがる",
"type": "1"
},
"expansion": "わらにもすがる • (wara ni mo sugaru) ^(←わらにもすがる (waranimosugaru)?)godan (stem わらにもすがり (wara ni mo sugari), past わらにもすがった (wara ni mo sugatta))",
"name": "ja-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"english": "the drowning person will clutch even straw",
"roman": "oboreru mono wa wara o mo tsukamu",
"ruby": [
[
"溺",
"おぼ"
],
[
"者",
"もの"
],
[
"藁",
"わら"
],
[
"掴",
"つか"
]
],
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "溺れる者は藁をも掴む"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese godan verbs",
"Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
"Japanese hiragana",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with manual fragments",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese terms spelled with わ",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese verbs",
"Japanese verbs without transitivity",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"\"to even depend on straw\": to rely on the unreliable out of desperation"
],
"links": [
[
"rely",
"rely"
],
[
"unreliable",
"unreliable"
],
[
"desperation",
"desperation"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[β̞a̠ɾa̠ ɲ̟i mo̞ sɨɡa̠ɾɯ̟]"
}
],
"word": "わらにもすがる"
}
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