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腰こし
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Meanings
Noun
1. lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region
2. body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring (usu. コシ)
Kanji used
腰waist
Pitch accent
こし
Used in vocabulary
腰こし掛かけ
seat; bench
Noun
及および腰ごし
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
Noun
腰こし抜ぬけ
coward
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
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
腰こしつき
gait; posture
Noun
腰こし巻まき
loincloth; waistcloth; kimono underskirt
Noun
腰こし折おれ
bad poem; my humble poem; stooped over (e.g. old people); bowed; stalling; having a relapse
Noun
払はらい腰ごし
harai goshi (judo); sweeping hip throw; hip sweep
Noun
受うけ腰ごし
stance adopted when prepared to catch an object
Noun
Examples23
I have back problems.
The water came up to my waist.
The workers were naked to the waist.
He put his arm around her waist.
I saw a girl whose hair came down to her waist.
The water came up to his waist.