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：2026/01/08
こし
Kanji
腰
Noun
of food
Japanese Meaning
腰。胴と脚のつなぎ目の後ろ側の部分。 / 物の途中から下の部分。障子の下部に張る板など。
Easy Japanese Meaning
せなかのしたとおなかのあいだのあたり。しょうじのしたのぶぶんをいうこともある。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
腰部；下背部 / 髋部 / 障子下缘的裙板
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
腰部、下背部 / 髖部（解剖） / 障子下方的腰板
Korean Meaning
허리, 등허리 / (해부) 엉덩이(고관절) 부위 / 장지문 아래쪽 판
Indonesian
pinggang; punggung bawah / pinggul (anatomi) / skirting/papan bawah pada shoji
Vietnamese Meaning
eo; lưng dưới / hông (giải phẫu) / phần ốp chân của cửa shōji
Tagalog Meaning
baywang; ibabang likod / balakang / ibabang panel ng shoji
Sense（1）
the waist, the (lower) back, the small of the back
Sense（2）
(anatomy) the hip
Sense（3）
the skirting of a shoji
Sense（4）
the third line of a waka or tanka poem (from the way that the next two lines are longer, similar to the way the body gets wider at the hips)
Sense（5）
(of food) chewiness; springiness
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Quizzes for review
the waist, the (lower) back, the small of the back / (anatomy) the hip / the skirting of a shoji
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こし
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He bent his waist and sat down.
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彼はこしを曲げて腰掛けた。
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