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姑 kanji
mother-in-law
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しゅうとめしゅうとおばしばらく
Words with 姑
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —姑息underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
- —舅姑parents-in-law
- —姑洗(in China) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp); third lunar month
- —麻姑Ma Gu; legendary Taoist immortal with long talon-like fingernails; backscratcher
- —外姑mother-in-law (of the husband)
- —因循姑息dilly-dallying and temporizing (temporising)
- —小心姑息timid and evasive (person); timid and makeshift (approach, measure, etc.)
- —麻姑掻痒things happening exactly as one pleases (wishes); someone being very attentive to one's wishes
- —芸姑geisha
- —麻姑搔痒things happening exactly as one pleases (wishes); someone being very attentive to one's wishes