コシ
Meanings
Noun
1. lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region
2. body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
usu. コシ
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (46 in total)
straw skirt; grass skirt; traditionally worn by hunters and fishermen
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
loincloth; waistcloth; kimono underskirt
gait; posture
legs and loins
chamber maid; female servant; area around the hips; waist area
hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist
measurement round the hips
waist band; girdle; sash
collapsing in the middle of a bout; breaking down (while in the middle of something); faltering halfway
shooting from the hip; starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation)
loincloth
cord tied around the waist of a kimono before an obi is tied
buttocks; lower back; waist; kimono underskirt
sword worn on the hip; something worn on the hip (e.g. sword, pill box, money pouch)
leash; rope tied round prisoner's waists
waist-high partition wall; breast wall
lunchbox hanging from one's waist; low-paid office worker
bad poem; my humble poem; stooped over (e.g. old people); bowed; stalling; having a relapse
slow to act; slow in starting work
wooden paneling
overbearing; unstable wrestling stance
tuck at the waist
bustle; crinolette; hip pad (football); loin guard (armor); tasse
cheerfully working; hasty
wearing one's pants low (so that they hang from the hip rather than the waist); pants worn in such a manner
wearing one's pants low (so that they hang from the hip rather than the waist)
sitz bath; hip bath
something worn on the hip (e.g. sword, pill box, money pouch)
lunchbox hanging from one's waist; low-paid office worker
wainscoting; wainscotting; sliding door's decorative paper skirt
waist-high wainscoting; waist-high wainscotting
leukorrhoea; leucorrhoea; leukorrhea; leucorrhea; mucous discharge from female genitals
lower part of a shoji (paper sliding-door)
hip throw (judo, sumo)
height of the neck
red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica); striated swallow (Hirundo striolata)
sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting, with a rectangular blade
firm; flexible and hard to break; persevering
slim waist; beautiful waistline
roof monitor; monitor roof; lantern (roof)
katana and wakizashi
hip throwing techniques (judo); waist techniques
Examples (14 in total)
I can't straighten out my back.
Doesn't it hurt your back?
Put your hands on your hips.