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腰が高くちゃ不安定だな

02:29 Oct 20, 2009

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Japanese term or phrase: 腰が高くちゃ不安定だな

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keethkp KudoZ activity Questions: 37 (13 open) (2 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 1 India
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Summary of answers provided

If the center of gravity is high, it's unstable.

Tina Wooden

If there's arrogance, there gives instability

Joyce A

Answers

4 mins confidence:

If the center of gravity is high, it's unstable.

Explanation:
Hard to say for sure without more context, but I would translate it this way. Literally, of course, it's "the hip is too high", but what they really mean is the center of gravity.

Tina Wooden
United States
Local time: 14:23
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English,

Japanese
PRO pts in category: 8

9 hrs confidence:

If there's arrogance, there gives instability

Explanation:

Shogakukan Dictionary definition of and sample sentence:
腰が高い = arrogant
あの人は腰が高いから嫌われ府＝He is unpopular because of his arrogance

不安定 = unsettled, unstable
or uncertain/precarious as in 不安定な立場=a precarious position

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Note added at 9 hrs (2009-10-20 11:35:30 GMT)
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Excuse me. I pressed the send button by accident!...I wasn't finished. Hazukashiiiiii.

- If there's arrogance/if he's arrogant, there wouldn't be stability.
- If there's arrogance, there would be uncertainty.

It would all depend on the context, keethkp.

Joyce A
Thailand
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