柳やなぎ腰ごし

noun

slim waist; willowy figure

Describes a slender, graceful waist like a willow branch; often used in literary or poetic contexts to praise a woman's figure.

• 彼かの女じょの柳やなぎ腰ごしは、着き物もの姿すがたでいっそう引ひき立たつ。

  Her willowy waist is even more striking in a kimono.

noun

waist of a willow tree

Original literal meaning; now rare and mostly encountered in classical or explanatory contexts.

• 「柳やなぎ腰ごし」はもともと、柳やなぎの木きの幹みきのくびれを指さす言こと葉ばだった。

  Originally, '柳腰' referred to the narrowing of a willow tree's trunk.