| 姑 | しゅうとめ, しゅうと, しうとめ, しいとめ | mother-in-law |
| 姑息 | こそく | makeshift |
| 因循姑息 | いんじゅんこそく | dilly-dallying and temporizing (temporising) |
| 舅姑 | きゅうこ | parents-in-law |
| 小姑 | こじゅうとめ, こじゅうと | sister-in-law |
| 慈姑 | くわい | arrowhead (root), Sagittaria trifolia var. edulis |
| 小心姑息 | しょうしんこそく | timid and evasive (person), timid and makeshift (approach, measure, etc.) |
| 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 |
| 梯姑 | でいご, でいこ, デイゴ, デイコ | Indian coral tree (Erythrina variegata) |
| 姑洗 | こせん | (in China) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp); third lunar month |
