mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine
A portable shrine carried through the streets during festivals. The word itself is honorific/polite.
See also: 御輿
Carrying the mikoshi at the festival is tough work.
Slangy, jocular use; often in phrases like おみこしを上げる (get up off one's backside) or おみこしを据える (sit down firmly). Usually written in kana.
See also: 腰
Let's get off our butts and start working.
He plonks himself down in the chair and won't budge.
On the day of the festival, the young men carried the mikoshi through town on their shoulders.
I'd better get up off my backside and go to work soon.
Once he plants himself down, he doesn't budge for a long time.