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Keyword
waist
  • loins
  • hips
  • low wainscoting
Frequency
#1306
Strokes
13
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
1731
Readings
こし71%
ヨウ29%
Mnemonic
The moon is needed to light the way as you bend over to pick up a coin, and you grab your aching waist.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
腰こし
lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
Noun
腰よう痛つう
lower back pain; lumbago
Noun
足あし腰こし
legs and loins; lower body; foundations; underpinnings
Noun
本ほん腰ごし
strenuous effort; earnestness; seriousness
Noun
腰ごし
posture; position; pose; attitude
Suffix
腰こし
counter for swords, hakama, obi, etc. worn around the waist; counter for quivers of arrows
Counter
腰こし縄なわ
leash; rope tied round prisoner's waists
Noun
腰こし掛かける
to sit (down)
Ichidan verb
腰こし掛かけ
seat; bench
Noun
弱よわ腰ごし
weak attitude
Na-adjective
物もの腰ごし
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
Noun
及および腰ごし
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
Noun
丸まる腰ごし
unarmed; without weapons
No-adjective
腰よう椎つい
lumbar vertebra; lumbar vertebrae
Noun
腰よう部ぶ
loins; hips; pelvic region; waist
Noun
腰こし砕くだけ
collapsing in the middle of a bout; breaking down (while in the middle of something); faltering halfway
Noun
逃にげ腰ごし
preparing to flee; being ready to run away
Noun
ぎっくり腰ごし
strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain
Noun
腰こし高だか
overbearing; unstable wrestling stance
Na-adjective
腰こし巾ぎん着ちゃく
hanger-on; follower; flunky; sycophant; purse strapped round one's waist
Noun
喧けん嘩か腰ごし
belligerent attitude; readiness to fight; belligerence
Noun
中ちゅう腰ごし
half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position
Noun
腰こしつき
gait; posture
Noun