コシ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of コシ – see the following entry.
【こし】
[noun] the waist, the (lower) back, the small of the back
[noun] (anatomy) the lumbar region
[noun] the skirting of a shoji
[noun] the third line of a waka or tanka poem (from the way that the next two lines are longer, similar to the way the body gets wider at the hips)
[noun] (of food) chewiness; springiness
Alternative spelling
腰
【こし】
[noun] (rare, possibly obsolete, architecture) a storey
[adjective] classical terminal form of modern adjective 濃い (koi, “thick in consistency; deep in color; rich in flavor”)
Alternative spellings
層, 濃し
(This term, コシ (koshi), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)
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