すがる

sugaru

to rely on, to depend on

Example sentences

私わたしは彼かれの親切しんせつにすがった。
I relied on his kindness.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
母親ははおやは蜘蛛くもを殺ころそうとしたものの、蜘蛛くもは病人びょうにんにしか見みえないらしく、祈祷きとうにすがっても効果こうかはなかった。
The mother tried to kill the spider, but it seemed that only the ill son could see the spider; and her prayers did not work at all.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
いい加減過去かげんかこの栄光えいこうにすがるのやめたら？
Isn’t it about time you stopped clinging to your past glory?
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source