Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
こし
Grade: S

Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
腰拔け (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Compound of (koshi) +‎ 抜け (nuke, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 抜ける (nukeru)). From the phrase 腰が抜ける (koshi ga nukeru, to be unable to stand up).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(こし)() (koshinuke

  1. coward

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN