Search Terms: 腰*, こし*
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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
i-form/noun base (Conjugated match)
Godan-su verb
1.
to cross over (e.g. mountain), to go across
2.
to get over (e.g. hardship)
3.
to pass time (e.g. a winter)
4.
to surpass, to be better than, to exceed(often 超す)
5.
to move house
6.
Other readings:
超す【こす】
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
•
to sit (down)
Other readings:
腰かける【こしかける】
、腰掛る【こしかける】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun
1.
seat, bench
2.
temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries(colloquialism)
Other readings:
腰掛【こしかけ】
、腰かけ【こしかけ】
noun
1.
collapsing in the middle of a bout(sumo term)
2.
breaking down (while in the middle of something), faltering halfway
counter
1.
counter for swords, hakama, obi, etc. worn around the waist(archaism)
2.
counter for quivers of arrows(archaism)(only relevant for こし)
Other readings:
腰【よう】
noun
1.
red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica)
2.
striated swallow (Hirundo striolata)
noun
1.
bustle, crinolette, patch lining the seat (kimono)
2.
hip pad (football)(sports term)
3.
loin guard (armor), tasse
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腰当て【こしあて】
noun
1.
bad poem, my humble poem(polite language)
2.
stooped over (e.g. old people), bowed
3.
stalling, having a relapse
Other readings:
腰折【こしおれ】
expression, Ichidan verb
•
to collapse, to give up, to lose one's nerve, to have one's knees give way
See also:腰砕け (こしくだけ)
noun
•
temporary employment, a temporary job while looking for a better job, work just to kill time(yojijukugo)
Other readings:
腰掛仕事【こしかけしごと】
noun
•
bench (i.e. for bathroom), seat, small piece of furniture upon which one can sit on
See also:腰掛け
Other readings:
腰掛台【こしかけだい】
、腰かけ台【こしかけだい】
expression
•
firm, flexible and hard to break, persevering
See also:腰の強い
expression, Ichidan verb
•
to be unable to stand, to be weak in the knees, to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed), to be dumbfounded
Other readings:
腰がぬける【こしがぬける】