Definition of 腰 (こし)

こし

腰

こし

koshi

JLPT N3

Common word

noun

back, lower back, waist, hips, lumbar region

body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.), resilience, spring(usu. コシ)

Related Kanji

腰	loins, hips, waist, low wainscoting

Example sentences(showing 1-20 of 22 results)

わたし

あめ

ふ

こし

いた

きづ

I am aware that my hip aches when it rains

こし

腰

が

の

伸ばせません

I can't straighten out my back

みず

こし

The water came up to my waist

みず

かれ

こし

ところ

たっ

The water came up to his waist

かみ

こし

の

しょうじょ

み

I saw a girl whose hair came down to her waist

かれ

かのじょ

こし

うで

He put his arm around her waist

はは

りょうて

こし

あ

は

Mother stood arms akimbo

ほそ

こし

！

かお

ちい

、

ほんとう

にんぎょう

My what a narrow waist! Her face is small, she really looks just like a doll

かのじょ

こし

し

She girded her waist with a belt

かのじょ

こし

かわ

She is wearing a leather belt around her waist

かのじょ

ちょうせん

てき

たいど

りょうて

こし

あ

た

She stood defiantly with arms akimbo

せき

た

こし

う

I half rose to my feet to leave my seat

こし

じびょう

I have back problems

そぼ

ろうれい

こし

く

じ

ま

Grandmother is bent double with age

こし

いた

My back is killing me

ろうどうしゃ

こし

はだか

The workers were naked to the waist

こ

おお

、

いま

せ

わたし

こし

The little boy has grown, he comes up to my waist now

おとこ

こし

けんじゅう

The man wore a gun on his hip

かのじょ

こし

She bent down

こし

いた

あし

なまり

おも

ひ

ある

His backache left him lurching along with leaden legs

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