"to even depend on straw": to rely on the unreliable out of desperation

blossom

straw, hay

(Japanese mythology, Tōhoku) a kind of yōkai: a red-faced ghost or apparition of a child haunting an old house, generally not malevolent, and thought to bring good fortune to the house

Odawara, a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

a surname / a place name

a surname

a wallaroo (any of three intermediate-size macropods)

(roof that is) thatchd with straw

straw doll