Meanings

lumbar vertebra

to sit down

to settle down (and deal with something)

to bend forward

lower part of a shoji (paper sliding-door)

two swords

to interfere

to set about in earnest

gentle-mannered

hips

hip measurement

polypore (bracket fungus, esp. of family Polyporaceae)

temporary employment

attitude and demeanor

weak foreign policy

bent back

bent back

wearing one's pants low (so that they hang from the hip rather than the waist)

waist-high partition wall

short-sleeved kimono with a plain white backside