Words — 40 found
1. new straw; straw from the current year
2. rice seedlings boiled and dried and then tied into a woman's hair to chase evil spirits away
わらおも
藁にもすがる思いで
1. hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope
藁にも縋る思いで 【わらにもすがるおもいで】
1. bundle of straw; sheaf
1. straw ashes
わらすぼ
藁苞
1. Odontamblyopus lacepedii (species of eel goby)Usually written using kana alone
ワラスボ
ちょうしゃ
わらしべ長者
1. Straw Millionaire (Japanese Buddhist folk tale)Work of art, literature, music, etc. name
藁稭長者 【わらしべちょうしゃ】
わら
藁をもすがる
1. to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measuresIdiomatic expression, See also 藁にもすがる, non-standard variant of 藁にもすがる
藁をも縋る 【わらをもすがる】
おぼものわらつか
溺れる者は藁をも掴む
1. a drowning man will clutch at a strawProverb
わら
笑
笑 【わらい】、w 【わら】、w 【わらい】、藁 【わら】、藁 【わらい】
藁: Rarely-used kanji form. 藁: Rarely-used kanji form.
わらたばおとこおとこ
藁で束ねても男は男
1. rich or poor, a man is a man; a man whose hair is tied with straw is still a manProverb
わら
藁にもすがる
1. to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measuresIdiomatic expression
藁にも縋る 【わらにもすがる】、ワラにもすがる