Keyword
waist
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig1731
Readings
こし
(93%)
ごし
(5%)
Composed of
moon
needed
Used in vocabulary (165 in total)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to sit (down)
Examples (58 in total)
The water came up to my waist.
Doesn't it hurt your back?
Does your back hurt?
My back hurts because I fell asleep on the floor yesterday.
The pain in my back is getting worse.
I saw a girl whose hair came down to her waist.
I can't straighten out my back.
The water came up to his waist.
Does your back still hurt?
He sat down to read a novel.
He is not sitting on a bench.
He sat on the bed.
He sat on the bench and smoked.
He sat down beside her.
We were sitting comfortably.
He put his arm around her waist.
They sat in the shade of that big tree.
She girded her waist with a belt.
She is wearing a leather belt around her waist.
I sat down and opened my notebook.
Put your hands on your hips.
There were some people sitting about on the grass.
Let's sit on the grass.
The workers were naked to the waist.
My back hurts from sitting for hours in front of the computer.
Let's sit down in the shade of that tree.
The old man sat down.
Having finished all her housework, she sat down on the sofa to watch television.
Mary has a bad back. It's hard for her to lift things.
I can't help you move the piano because I have a bad back.
I hurt my back.
Did you hurt your back?
The man next door seems to have hurt his back.
I cannot help laughing at his odd manner.
Feeling a little dizzy, I sat down for a while.
Tom was sitting on a log, playing guitar.
Tom sat down on the bench.
Tom sat on the bench and closed his eyes.
She sat down and crossed her legs.
Let's have a seat over there, Annie.
There was someone sitting on a bench reading a book there.
He sat on the bench in the park.
He got wet from the waist to the knees.
It's about time you settled down for good.
Don't you think it's time for you to settle down?
Sit back and rest, and you will feel much better.
He settled down to his work.
You can't fight a good fight with such a defeatist attitude.
Tom sat on a bench and smoked a cigarette.
Tom was complaining of back pain.
He's been having trouble with back pain for years.
She's been having trouble with back pain for years.
Her body was already in the water from the waist down.
He is humble towards everyone.
Tom is a very humble person.
I sat down in the shade of a tree and read the book.
After a light swim, I came up from the water and sat down on the poolside.
Take a seat in the armchair and calm down a while.