腰高|こしだかkoshidaka[0]heiban (flat)

1. na-adjective, nounoverbearing; unstable wrestling stance

• Synonym横柄おうへいNeutralEveryday word for a rude, arrogant manner, stressing tone and attitude; 「腰高」 leans more toward putting on airs and not lowering oneself.
• Synonym高慢こうまんNeutralConceited and scornful of others; stresses it as a matter of character, as in 「高慢な態度」.
• Synonym傲慢ごうまんNeutralArrogant and rude; stresses character or attitude, and is common in everyday speech.
• Synonym高飛車たかびしゃNeutralOverbearing from the moment one opens one's mouth; stresses pressing people with sheer force.
• Synonym不遜ふそんWrittenWritten word for lacking humility and disrespecting one's betters, as in 「不遜な態度」; stronger than 「腰高」.
• Synonym傲岸ごうがんWrittenWritten word for thinking oneself great and scorning everyone else; often seen in 「傲岸不遜」; stronger than 「腰高」.
• Synonym傲慢不遜ごうまんふそんWrittenA four-character written expression for being arrogant and insolent, looking down on people; its tone is very strong.
• Synonym尊大そんだいWrittenWritten word for putting on grand airs out of a sense of one's own high standing, as in 「尊大な口調」.
• Synonym驕傲きょうごうWrittenWritten word for pride and self-satisfaction; very rare, with 「傲慢」 the usual everyday choice.
• Synonym居丈高いたけだかNeutralLording it over people from above; stresses an aggressive, intimidating manner.
• Synonym驕慢きょうまんWrittenWritten and old-fashioned word for arrogance and contempt for others; hardly used in modern Japanese.
• Synonym高慢ちきこうまんちきCasualColloquial and mocking, for a stuck-up person or manner; stronger than 「腰高」.
• Synonym御高いおたかいCasualColloquial; mostly in the phrase 「お高くとまる」, for acting aloof as if too good to associate with others.
• Synonym偉そうえらそうCasualColloquial word for putting on airs and acting self-important, as in 「偉そうに言う」; the most common everyday choice.
• Related高姿勢こうしせいNeutralA hard-line, unyielding stance; mostly in negotiations and the like, as in 「高姿勢に出る」.
• Antonym腰低NeutralThe antonym: lowering oneself and being humble. Rare on its own; the usual form is 「腰が低い」.

「腰高」 mainly means an unstable, high-centred stance in sumo, or figuratively putting on airs. For everyday arrogance pick 「偉そう」 or 「横柄」; 「高慢」 and 「傲慢」 stress character; 「高飛車」 and 「居丈高」 a domineering push; 「不遜」「尊大」 are written; the opposite humility is 「腰が低い」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 相手あいてを見下みくだすような、ぶっきらぼうな態度たいどや振る舞ふるまい。
2. 相撲すもうで、下半身かはんしんの安定あんていが不十分ふじゅうぶんな体勢たいせい。