I Love Kanji腰 (koshi)
腰 (こし, koshi) is a Japanese noun meaning “lower back; waist”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- こし
- Romaji
- koshi
- Word class
- Noun
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region · noun
- body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring · noun · usu. コシ
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Kanji in 腰
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 腰.
Source: JMdict entry 1288340 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.