こしかけ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
腰掛け 腰掛

Etymology

From 腰(こし) (koshi) + 掛(か)け (kake, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 掛(か)ける (kakeru).”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こしかけ [kòshíkáꜜkè] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) こしかけ [kòshíkákéꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ɕi̥ka̠ke̞]

Noun

こしかけ • (koshikake) ^{←こしかけ (kosikake)?}

1. seat
2. (colloquial) temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries