Word Meaning 因循姑息

いんじゅんこそく injunkosoku

因循姑息 is read as いんじゅんこそく (injunkosoku) and means dilly-dallying and temporizing (temporising).

Meaning

English

  1. dilly-dallying and temporizing (temporising)

Reading

Kana

いんじゅんこそく

Romaji

injunkosoku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 準1級 Yojijukugo Rank 161752 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

因循

いんじゅん

indecision

姑息

こそく

makeshift

小心姑息

しょうしんこそく

timid and evasive (person)

因縁

いんえん

hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)

いん

hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions)

因子

いんし

factor

因果

いんが

cause and effect

因習

いんしゅう

convention

因みに

ちなみに

by the way

因果応報

いんがおうほう

retribution

因子分析

いんしぶんせき

factor analysis

因州弁

いんしゅうべん

Inshū dialect (spoken in eastern Tottori)