counter for swords, hakama, obi...

seat, bench, temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries

seat, bench, temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries

to sit (down)

to sit (down)

seat, bench, temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries

to sit (down)

lower back pain, lumbago

legs and loins, lower body, foundations...

strenuous effort, earnestness, seriousness

weak attitude

manner, demeanour, demeanor...

loins, hips, pelvic region...

bent back, indecisive attitude, timidity...

lumbar vertebra, lumbar vertebrae

overbearing, unstable wrestling stance

leash, rope tied round prisoner's waists

unarmed, without weapons

preparing to flee, being ready to run away

collapsing in the middle of a bout, breaking down (while in the middle of something), faltering halfway

preparing to flee, being ready to run away

loincloth, waistcloth, kimono underskirt

chamber maid, female servant, area around the hips...

hipbone, innominate bone, fortitude...

bad poem, my humble poem, stooped over (e.g. old people)...

waist band, girdle, sash

sitz bath, hip bath

loincloth

short guardless sword worn on the hip

lunchbox hanging from one's waist, low-paid office worker