取りすがる

Meanings

1. Godan verb (-ru), Intransitive

   to cling to

Forms

• 田舎いなかでは草くさも木きも石いしも人間にんげんくさい呼吸こきゅうをして四方しほうから私わたしに話はなしかけ私わたしに取とりすがるが、都会とかいではぎっしり詰つまった満員電車まんいんでんしゃの乗客じょうきゃくでも川原かわらの石いしころどうしのように黙だまってめいめいが自分じぶんの事ことを考かんがえている。

  In the countryside, the breaths of the grass, the trees, and the rocks have the foul smell of humans. They call to me from all directions, and they cling to me. But in the city, even the passengers of a jam-packed train are as quiet as pebbles on the riverbed, and everyone is only thinking of themselves.