小しょう心しん姑こ息そく

noun, na-adjective

timid and evasive; timid and makeshift

Describes a person who is cowardly and resorts to half-hearted, evasive measures, or an approach that is timid and makeshift. Often used critically.

• 彼かれの小しょう心しん姑こ息そくな態たい度どには呆あきれてしまう。

  I'm disgusted by his timid and evasive attitude.

• そんな小しょう心しん姑こ息そくな手しゅ段だんでは問もん題だいは解かい決けつしない。

  Such a timid and makeshift measure won't solve the problem.