藁 (Wara) is a Japanese noun meaning “straw”.
Meanings
- nounstraw
Examples
溺れる者は藁をも掴む。
Drowning men clutch at straws.
藁なしで煉瓦はできない。
You cannot make bricks without straw.
北海道では藁の馬をつくる。
In Hokkaido, they make horses of straw.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).