姑息

こそく

underhanded, unfair

因循

いんじゅん

indecision, vacillation

小心姑息

しょうしんこそく

timid and evasive (person), timid and makeshift (approach, measure, etc.)

姑

しゅうとめ しゅうと しうとめ しいとめ

mother-in-law

姑娘

クーニャン

girl, young unmarried woman, Chinese girl

慈姑

くわい クワイ

Sagittaria trifolia var. edulis (edible variant of threeleaf arrowhead)

外姑

mother-in-law (of the husband)

麻姑

まこ まご

Ma Gu, legendary Taoist immortal with long talon-like fingernails

姑洗

こせん

(in China) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp)

嫁姑

よめしゅうとめ

daughter-in-law and mother-in-law (relationship, conflict, etc.)

舅姑

きゅうこ しゅうとしゅうと

parents-in-law

小姑

こじゅうとめ こじゅうと

sister-in-law

黒慈姑

くろぐわい クログワイ

Eleocharis kuroguwai (species of spikerush)

白慈姑

しろぐわい シログワイ

Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis)

息

いき おき

breath, breathing

青息吐息

あおいきといき

deep distress

循行

じゅんこう

acting in accordance with one's orders

循環

じゅんかん

circulation, rotation, cycle

嫁姑戦争

よめしゅうとせんそう

conflict between a bride and her mother-in-law; bride and mother-in-law war