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腰掛ける

腰掛ける

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こし
Grade: S

Grade: S
kun'yomi

Verb

腰掛ける (intransitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana こしかける, romaji koshikakeru)

  1. sit down
    • 1938, 島崎藤村, 新生:
      しばらく岸本 (きしもと)寝台 (しんだい) (そば)腰掛 (こしか)ながら病人 (びょうにん) (かお) ()ていた。
      shibaraku Kishimoto wa shindai no soba ni koshikake nagara byōnin no kao o mite ita.
      Kishimoto sat on the side of the bed for a while and gazed at the sick person's face.

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