N21066/1725

腰こし掛かけ

nounnoun (generic)colloquial

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こしかけ

Meanings

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

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Example sentences

公園こうえんのベンチは腰掛こしかけとして使つかわれている。

The bench in the park is used as a seat.

この仕事しごとは腰掛こしかけのつもりだったが、気きづいたら十年じゅうねんも働はたらいていた。

I intended this job to be a temporary one, but before I knew it, I had been working there for ten years.

彼女かのじょは結婚けっこんするまでの腰掛こしかけとして今いまの会社かいしゃに入はいった。

She joined her current company as a temporary position until she got married.

廊下ろうかに小ちいさな腰掛こしかけが置おいてあって、待まち時間じかんに座すわれる。

There is a small seat placed in the hallway where you can sit while waiting.

腰掛こしかけのつもりで始はじめた副業ふくぎょうが、やがて本業ほんぎょうを上回うわまわる収入しゅうにゅうをもたらした。

The side job I started as a temporary endeavor eventually brought in more income than my main job.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)