鼓こす

godan verb (-su)

beat a drum

Rare literary verb for beating a drum; modern Japanese normally uses 太鼓を打つ or 鼓する.

• 古ふるい軍ぐん記き物ものでは、陣じん太だい鼓こを鼓こす場ば面めんが描えがかれる。

  In old war tales, scenes of beating a war drum are depicted.

godan verb (-su)

pluck up courage

Rare literary use; the expression 勇気を鼓す is occasionally found, but 勇気を奮い起こす is far more common.

• 彼かれは勇ゆう気きを鼓こして立たち向むかった。

  He plucked up his courage and faced it.