Word Meaning 姑息

こそく kosoku

姑息 is read as こそく (kosoku) and means makeshift.

Meaning

English

  1. makeshift
  2. stopgap
  3. underhanded
  4. unfair

Reading

Kana

こそく

Romaji

kosoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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小心姑息

しょうしんこそく

timid and evasive (person)

因循姑息

いんじゅんこそく

dilly-dallying and temporizing (temporising)

しいとめ

mother-in-law

いき

breath

消息

しょうそく

(someone's) whereabouts

利息

りそく

interest (on a loan, deposit etc.)

そく

interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)

窒息

ちっそく

suffocation

休息

きゅうそく

rest

鼻息

びそく

nasal breathing

一息

ひといき

one breath

溜め息

ためいき

sigh