藁

Meaning

藁 centers on dried plant stalks used as material: straw, especially for thatching, fodder, or crafts.

• 藁わら
  N1

  straw

• 藁しべわらしべ

  central stalk of a dried rice plant

• 寝藁ねわら

  (stable) litter

• 巻藁まきわら

  straw post for training sword strikes, karate punches and arrow hits

• 巻藁矢まきわらや

  close-range fletched practice arrow

• 敷き藁しきわら

  (animal's) litter; bedding

• 新藁しんわら

  new straw; straw from the current year

• 溺れる者は藁をも掴むおぼれるものはわらをもつかむ

  a drowning man will clutch at a straw

• 草藁くさわら

  grass and straw (as fodder for horses, etc.)

• 藁で束ねても男は男わらでたばねてもおとこはおとこ

  rich or poor, a man is a man; a man whose hair is tied with straw is still a man

• 藁にもすがるわらにもすがる

  to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

• 藁にもすがる思いでわらにもすがるおもいで

  hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope

• 藁をもすがるわらをもすがる

  to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

• 藁をも掴むわらをもつかむ

  to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

• 藁人形わらにんぎょう

  straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy

• 藁仕事わらしごと

  making things out of straw (winter work for farmers)

• 藁塚わらづか

  mound of straw; pile of straw

• 藁婚式わらこんしき

  straw wedding (anniversary); second wedding anniversary

• 藁屋根わらやね

  straw-thatched roof

• 藁布団わらぶとん

  straw futon; straw mattress; palliasse

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