← Back to browse藁をも掴むわらをもつかむ[waraomotsukamu]idiomJapanese definitionNo Japanese definition yet.English definitionto grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measuresExamplesNo examples yet.Loading examples…Ask about thisKanji藁strawコウ / わら · 17 strokes寝藁巻藁巻藁矢敷き藁新藁溺れる者は藁をも掴む藁で束ねても男は男藁にもすがる掴catch; seize; grasp; hold; arrest; captureカク / つか.む、つか.まえる、つか.まる · 11 strokes掴ん掴み掴め掴ま鷲掴み掴める掴も掴まっSimilar words溺れる者は藁をも掴むおぼれるものはわらをもつかむ藁をもすがるわらをもすがる