因循姑息

いんじゅんこそく

dilly-dallying and temporizing (temporising)

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

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

麻姑掻痒

まこそうよう

things happening exactly as one pleases (wishes), someone being very attentive to one's wishes

大黒慈姑

おおくろぐわい オオクログワイ

Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis var. tuberosa)

息女

そくじょ

(your, his, her) daughter