因循姑息[injunkosoku] dilly-dallying and temporizing (temporising)
姑息[kosoku] makeshift
舅姑[kyuuko] parents-in-law
小姑[kojuutome] sister-in-law
慈姑[kuwai] Sagittaria trifolia var. edulis (edible variant of threeleaf arrowhead)

小心姑息[shoushinkosoku] timid and evasive (person)
麻姑掻痒[makosouyou] things happening exactly as one pleases (wishes)
梯姑[deiko] Indian coral tree (Erythrina variegata)
姑洗[kosen] (in China) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp)

掻攫う[kassarau] to nab
藻掻く[mogaku] to struggle
悪足掻き[waruagaki] useless resistance
引掻く[hikkaku] to scratch
隔靴掻痒[kakkasouyou] being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe)

汗を掻く[asewokaku] to perspire
犬掻き[inukaki] dog paddle (swimming style)
掻き回す[kakimawasu] to stir up
掻き合わせる[kakiawaseru] to adjust
掻き込む[kakikomu] to carry under the arm

隔靴掻痒[kakkasouyou] being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe)
歯痒い[hagayui] impatient
瘙痒[souyou] itch
痛痒[tsuuyou] pain and itching
痒い[kayui] itchy

痛し痒し[itashikayushi] delicate or ticklish situation
痒み[kayumi] itch
麻姑掻痒[makosouyou] things happening exactly as one pleases (wishes)
痒がる[kayugaru] to complain of itching
むず痒い[muzugayui] itchy

胡麻化し[gomakashi] hanky-panky
亜麻[ama] flax (Linum usitatissimum)
亜麻糸[amaito] flax yarn
亜麻織物[amaorimono] flax fabrics
亜麻仁[amani] flaxseed

亜麻仁油[amaniyu] linseed oil
亜麻製[amasei] flaxen
亜麻布[amanuno] linen
荏胡麻[egoma] egoma (type of perilla)
荏胡麻油[egomayu] egoma seed oil