卑屈

Japanese
Kanji in this term
卑 屈
ひ
Grade: S		 くつ
Grade: S
on’yomi kan’on
Alternative spelling
卑屈 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ひくつ [hìkútsú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [çi̥kɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Adjective

卑(ひ)屈(くつ) • (hikutsu) -na (adnominal 卑(ひ)屈(くつ)な (hikutsu na), adverbial 卑(ひ)屈(くつ)に (hikutsu ni))

  1. subservient, servile
    卑屈(ひくつ)な人(ひと)
    hikutsu na hito
    a subservient person, a toady

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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