Definition of (こし)

こし

こし

koshi

noun
1.
back, lower back, waist, hips, lumbar region
2.
body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.), resilience, spring(usu. コシ)
Other readings:
コシ
Related Kanji
loins, hips, waist, low wainscoting
Example sentences(showing 1-20 of 22 results)

I am aware that my hip aches when it rains

I can't straighten out my back

みず
こし
The water came up to my waist

みず
かれ
彼の
こし
とこ
たっ
達した
The water came up to his waist

かみ
こし
しょうじ
少女
I saw a girl whose hair came down to her waist

かれ
かのじょ
彼女の
こし
うで
He put his arm around her waist

Mother stood arms akimbo

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

She girded her waist with a belt

She is wearing a leather belt around her waist

かのじょ
彼女
ちょうせ
挑戦
てき
的な
たい
態度
りょうて
両手
こし
She stood defiantly with arms akimbo

I half rose to my feet to leave my seat

こし
じびょう
持病
I have back problems

祖母
ろうれい
老齢
こし
Grandmother is bent double with age

My back is killing me

ろうどうしゃ
労働者
こし
はだ
The workers were naked to the waist

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

おと
こし
けんじゅ
拳銃
The man wore a gun on his hip

かのじょ
彼女
こし
She bent down

His backache left him lurching along with leaden legs
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