逃げ腰

逃腰

Reading

Kana: にげごし

Romaji: nigegoshi

Definition

noun

1

preparing to flee; being ready to run away

Kanji

逃

Readings: トウ、 に.げる、 に.がす、 のが.す、 のが.れる

Meanings: escape, flee, shirk, evade, set free

腰

Readings: ヨウ、 こし

Meanings: loins, hips, waist, low wainscoting

Example Sentence

そんな逃(に)げ腰(ごし)では戦(たたか)いはできないね。

➥You can't fight a good fight with such a defeatist attitude.