卑屈

Reading

Kana: ひくつ
Romaji: hikutsu
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

menial; meanness; servility; abject

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 いや.しい、 いや.しむ、 いや.しめる
Meanings: lowly, base, vile, vulgar
Readings: クツ、 かが.む、 かが.める
Meanings: yield, bend, flinch, submit

Example Sentences

卑屈(ひくつ)(やっこ)
➥Don't be a dog.
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(かれ)らはなぜあんなに卑屈(ひくつ)(かれ)(つか)えたのか。
➥Why did they wait upon him so servilely?
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敗北(はいぼく)失敗(しっぱい)人間(にんげん)非常(ひじょう)卑屈(ひくつ)にする。
➥Defeat and failure make people too humble.
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