| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 膏 | あぶら | fat, tallow, lard, grease |
| 眼軟膏 | がんなんこう | eye ointment |
| 膏薬 | こうやく, あぶらぐすり | plaster, patch; ointment, liniment |
| 石膏 | せっこう | plaster, gypsum, calcium sulphate (sulfate) |
| 軟膏 | なんこう | ointment, salve |
| 二股膏薬 | ふたまたこうやく, ふたまたごうやく | double-dealer, timeserver, moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict |
| 膏汗 | あぶらあせ | cold sweat, greasy sweat |
| 絆創膏 | ばんそうこう | adhesive plaster, sticking plaster |
| 内股膏薬 | うちまたこうやく, うちまたごうやく | double-dealer, fence-sitter, timeserver, moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict, duplicity, turncoat |
| 膏血 | こうけつ | (hard-earned rewards of) sweat and blood |
