本腰を入れる

Reading

Kana: ほんごしをいれる
Romaji: hongoshiwoireru
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something

Note: sensitive

Kanji

Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: ヨウ、 こし
Meanings: loins, hips, waist, low wainscoting
Readings: ニュウ、 ジュ、 い.る、 -い.る、 -い.り、 い.れる、 -い.れ、 はい.る
Meanings: enter, insert

Example Sentence

(おれ)(あわ)てて(さが)(ぶつ)本腰(ほんごし)()(はじ)めた。
➥I hurriedly started searching in earnest.
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