腰を下ろし、手帳を開きました。

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腰 を 下ろし 、 手帳 を 開きました 。

English Translation

I sat down and opened my notebook.

Furigana

腰(こし)を下(お)ろし、手帳(てちょう)を開(ひら)きました。

Romanji

Koshi o oroshi, techō o hirakimashita.

Words

腰 (こし、コシ)

back; lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

下ろす (おろす)

to take down (e.g. flag); to launch (e.g. boat); to drop; to lower (e.g. ladder); to let (a person) off; to unload; to discharge; to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle); to let (a person) off; to withdraw money from an account; to wear (clothing) for the first time; to fillet (e.g. a fish)

手帳 (てちょう)

notebook; memo pad; (pocket) diary; certificate; identification card

開く (ひらく)

to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack; to bloom; to unfold; to spread out; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen; to hold (meeting, etc.); to give; to open; to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start; to open (ports, borders, etc.); to open (an account); to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop; to open (a file, etc.); to extract (root); to reduce (equation); to cut open (fish); to change (kanji into hiragana); to flare (e.g. skirt); to slacken (into a poor posture)

Kanji

腰

Readings: ヨウ、 こし

Meanings: loins, hips, waist, low wainscoting

下

Readings: カ、 ゲ、 した、 しも、 もと、 さ.げる、 さ.がる、 くだ.る、 くだ.り、 くだ.す、 -くだ.す、 くだ.さる、 お.ろす、 お.りる

Meanings: below, down, descend, give, low, inferior

手

Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-

Meaning: hand

帳

Readings: チョウ、 とばり

Meanings: notebook, account book, album, curtain, veil, net, tent

開

Readings: カイ、 ひら.く、 ひら.き、 -びら.き、 ひら.ける、 あ.く、 あ.ける

Meanings: open, unfold, unseal