This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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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