こし
Meanings
Noun
1. lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region
2. body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
usu. コシ
Pitch accent
Top 17600
Used in vocabulary (66 in total)
to sit (down)
chamber maid; female servant; area around the hips; waist area
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
to sit down; to take a seat
to sit down
hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist
legs and loins
leash; rope tied round prisoner's waists
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
straw skirt; grass skirt; traditionally worn by hunters and fishermen
overbearing; unstable wrestling stance
loincloth; waistcloth; kimono underskirt
bad poem; my humble poem; stooped over (e.g. old people); bowed; stalling; having a relapse
wainscoting; wainscotting; sliding door's decorative paper skirt
cord tied around the waist of a kimono before an obi is tied
lunchbox hanging from one's waist; low-paid office worker
bustle; crinolette; hip pad (football); loin guard (armor); tasse
measurement round the hips
waist band; girdle; sash
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise; to lose one's legs
sword worn on the hip; something worn on the hip (e.g. sword, pill box, money pouch)
wooden paneling
to collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way
red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica); striated swallow (Hirundo striolata)
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
to half-rise to one's feet
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
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
humble; modest
humble; modest
to take a solid stance; to put one's back in it; to exert oneself
buttocks; lower back; waist; kimono underskirt
waist-high partition wall; breast wall
slow in start work
slow to act; slow in starting work
tuck at the waist
cheerfully working
cheerfully working; hasty
firm; persevering; flexible and hard to break
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
gait; posture
something worn on the hip (e.g. sword, pill box, money pouch)
lunchbox hanging from one's waist; low-paid office worker
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
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.