腰 (こし) — waist, hip, lower back
腰
waist
Frequency #2087
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
1 character
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noun
koshi
こし
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
こし[0] heiban 平板
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
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Meanings
- waist
- hip
- lower back
Explained in simple Japanese
- 体の うしろで、せなかと おしりの あいだの ところ。
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