どっこいしょ

どっこいしょ (rōmaji dokkoisho)

1. uttered when making a great physical exertion, or when moving while fatigued
   • 1998, Kazuko Shikita, Oigokoro no honne [Truth of an aged heart]‎, Hajime ni [Introduction]:

     たとえば、どうしていつもアどっこいしょと言 (い)うのか。年寄 (としよ)りだから...。そりゃあそうですが、私 (わたし)も六十代 (ろくじゅうだい)半 (なか)ばになってから、朝 (あさ)、スイと起 (お)きられなくなりました。

     Tatoeba, dōshite itsumo a dokkoisho to iu no ka. Toshiyori da kara. Soryā sō desu ga, watashi mo rokujūdai nakaba ni natte kara, asa, sui to okirarenaku narimashita.

     For example, why do I always say ah, dokkoisho? From age... That’s true, but even from my mid-sixties I couldn’t wake up easily in the morning.

2. nonsense word used in folk songs or rhymes

• 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

• どっこい (dokkoi, interjection)
• よいしょ (yoisho, interjection)