藻
藻

seaweed, duckweed

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寄り藻寄藻よりもNounFreq #234
1

washed-up seaweed; stranded seaweed

もがく《藻掻く》踠くIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #5488
1

to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to squirm

Examples
その動物は檻から出ようともがいた。
The animal struggled to get out of the cage.
2

to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

いとも糸藻イトモNounUsually kanaFreq #14427
1

small pondweed (Potamogeton pusillus)

もぬけの殻蛻の殻もぬけのからもぬけの空NounExpressionFreq #26220
1

completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; deserted

2

body from which the soul has left; corpse

3

Orig. meaning

shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)

藻もNoun～の Adj.Freq #26345
1

algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed

海藻かいそうNounFreq #32065
1

seaweed

わかめ若布ワカメ和布稚海藻裙蔕菜NounUsually kanaFreq #43790
1

wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)

玉藻たまもNounFreq #52452
1

Poetical term

seaweed

藻屑藻くずもくずNounFreq #61879
1

scraps of seaweed

海の藻屑うみのもくずNounExpressionFreq #61936
1

Idiomatic expression

watery grave

Examples
戦艦ビスマルク号を海のもくずとするには、何発もの魚雷を命中させなければならなかった。
It took many torpedo hits to send the battleship Bismarck to Davy Jones's locker.
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