ぎっくりごし

Japanese

Alternative spelling
ぎっくり腰

Etymology

From ぎっくり (gikkuri) + 腰(こし) (koshi). The koshi changes to goshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぎっくりごし [gìkkúríꜜgòshì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲik̚kɯ̟ɾʲiɡo̞ɕi]

Noun

ぎっくりごし • (gikkurigoshi) 

1. thrown-out back