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腰を据える

こしをすえる

to settle down to (a task)

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Examples

  1. 腰を据えて研究に取り組む。

    こしをすえてけんきゅうにとりくむ。

    To settle down and tackle the research.

  2. この町に腰を据えて暮らすつもりだ。

    このまちにこしをすえてくらすつもりだ。

    I intend to settle down and live in this town.

  3. 腰を据えて話を聞いてくれる人が必要だ。

    こしをすえてはなしをきいてくれるひとがひつようだ。

    What's needed is someone who will sit down and really listen.

Common patterns

腰を据えて取り組む
to settle in and work at it
腰を据えて働く
to settle into a job for the long run
腰を落ち着ける
to settle oneself down

Memory tip

Nearly always 腰を据えて + verb, adding the sense 'for the long haul, without rushing off'. It is about commitment over time, not about physically sitting down.

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