姑

Meaning

姑 centers on a woman related by marriage, specifically a mother-in-law. The other meanings (father-in-law, aunt, temporarily) are less common and may be context-dependent, but the core idea is a female in-law.

• 麻姑まこ

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

• 姑しゅうとめ
  N1

  mother-in-law

• 姑息こそく

  underhanded; unfair

• 慈姑くわい

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

• 小姑こじゅうと

  sister-in-law

• 因循姑息いんじゅんこそく

  dilly-dallying and temporizing (temporising)

• 外姑がいこ

  mother-in-law (of the husband)

• 大黒慈姑おおくろぐわい

  Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis var. tuberosa)

• 姑娘クーニャン

  girl (esp. Chinese); young unmarried woman

• 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.)

• 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

• 小心姑息しょうしんこそく

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

• 白慈姑しろぐわい

  Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis)

• 舅姑きゅうこ

  parents-in-law

• 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

• 黒慈姑くろぐわい

  Eleocharis kuroguwai (species of spikerush)

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