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すがる縋るIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #6079
1

to cling to; to hang onto

Examples
彼女は行かせまいとして私に縋った。
She held on to me to prevent me from going.
2

to rely on; to depend on

Examples
私は彼の親切にすがった。
I relied on his kindness.
3

to implore; to entreat

すがりつく縋りつく縋り付くすがり付くIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #10487
1

to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug

Examples
中世には、天文学者はあるギリシアの哲学者の説にすがりついていた。
During the Middle Ages, astronomers had clung to the theory of a Greek philosopher.
追いすがる追い縋るおいすがるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #17693
1

to be hot on a person's heels

取りすがる取り縋る取縋るとりすがるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #43185
1

to cling to

藁にもすがる藁にも縋るわらにもすがるワラにもすがるExpressionGodan verbFreq #56379
1

Idiomatic expression

to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

藁にもすがる思いで藁にも縋る思いでわらにもすがるおもいでAdverbExpressionFreq #64936
1

hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope

泣きすがる泣き縋がる泣縋がる泣き縋る泣縋るなきすがるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #106115
1

to cling tearfully to (someone)

藁をもすがる藁をも縋るわらをもすがるExpressionGodan verbFreq #120240
1

Idiomatic expression; Non-standard variant of 藁にもすがる

to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

寄りすがる寄り縋る寄縋るよりすがるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #122782
1

to cling to; to rely on

杖に縋るとも人に縋るなつえにすがるともひとにすがるなExpression
1

Proverb

don't be a burden to others; lean on your cane, but don't lean on others