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Reading a novel and there's a part of a sentence that I don't quite
understand. For context, the person speaking is at a small party, being
completely drunk while speaking to this fit, sober woman.

The speaker is also imitating another person here who tends to speak
archaically and very arrogantly. Here is the whole line:

>
> 「見通す悪魔が宣言しよう。なんじ、一人シラフで呆れた顔をしている力ごぶ娘よ。アルコールは分解するのにたんぱく質を必要とするもの。今すぐお酒をたくさん飲めば、悩みのカチカチ筋肉が少しはやわこくなるであろう。」

The part that I don't understand is the last sentence,

> 悩みのカチカチ筋肉が少しはやわこくなるであろう。

There is some talk about 'stiff muscles of trouble' but that's pretty much all
I can understand. The やわこく part is especially confusing as I have no idea what
that could mean.
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translation meaning dialects archaic-language
The meaning of やわこく in archaic dialog
I think やわこく comes from [柔{やわ}い](http://jisho.org/word/%E6%9F%94%E3%81%84) +
[こい](http://jisho.org/word/%E3%81%93%E3%81%84), so the muscles will become
"full of weakness/softness". -こい can also be understood as "having the
property of something". 柔い itself isn't normally used, so in this case the
word is a dialectal form (Sendai) of
[柔らかい](http://jisho.org/word/%E6%9F%94%E3%82%89%E3%81%8B%E3%81%84) as pointed
out in other answers.

In the previous sentences, there is talk about alcohol metabolism requiring
protein, and drinking a lot of it will weaken the strongly built woman's
muscles.

> 悩みのカチカチ筋肉が少しはやわこくなるであろう。  
>  _The stiff muscles that trouble you will become a bit weaker._

It could also be in a positive sense because muscles stiff of trouble is not a
good thing. Replace weak with "soft".
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やわこい is a dialectal form equivalent to やわらかい. It appears to be used in [Sendai
(仙台)
dialect,](http://www.weblio.jp/content/%E3%82%84%E3%82%8F%E3%81%93%E3%81%84)
but easily comprehensible even to a Standard Japanese speaker.

Thus, やわこく = やわらかく.

> 悩みのカチカチ筋肉が少しはやわこくなるであろう。  
>  = 悩みのカチカチ筋肉が少しはやわらかくなるであろう。  
>  _Thy stiff muscle that botherth thee shall be a bit loosened._
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やわこい is a dialectal adjective meaning やわらかい. Many adjectives in dialects of
eastern/northern Japan end with -こい. Other famous examples include めんこい
("cute") and ひゃっこい ("cold; chilly"). See [this 仙台弁
glossary](http://konnok3.sakura.ne.jp/sendai08.html), too. やわこい is very easy
to catch the meaning for standard Japanese speakers, but some are not
straightforward.

Note that やわこい itself doesn't mean " _very_ soft".
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