掻攫う[kassarau] to nab
藻掻く[mogaku] to struggle
悪足掻き[waruagaki] useless resistance
引掻く[hikkaku] to scratch
隔靴掻痒[kakkasouyou] being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe)

汗を掻く[asewokaku] to perspire
犬掻き[inukaki] dog paddle (swimming style)
掻き回す[kakimawasu] to stir up
掻き合わせる[kakiawaseru] to adjust
掻き込む[kakikomu] to carry under the arm

藻掻く[mogaku] to struggle
海藻[kaisou] seaweed
褐藻[kassou] brown algae
珪藻[keisou] diatom
珪藻土[keisoudo] diatomaceous soil

紅藻[kousou] red algae
才藻[saisou] poetic talent
稚海藻[wakame] wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
藻草[mogusa] water-plants

踠く[mogaku] to struggle
踠き[mogaki] struggle

踠き苦しむ[mogakikurushimu] to writhe in agony