“Being servile” in Japanese
Short answer
ペコペコ
pekopeko
Being servile in Japanese is “ペコペコ” (pekopeko). Full meaning: very hungry, starving, famished; bowing repeatedly, kowtowing, bowing and scraping, being obsequious, being servile; denting, buckling, giving (in).
Other ways to say “Being servile” in Japanese
へこへこ
hekoheko very hungry, starving, famished; bowing repeatedly, kowtowing, bowing and scraping, being obsequious, being servile; denting, buckling, giving (in)
ベコベコ
bekobeko very hungry, starving, famished; bowing repeatedly, kowtowing, bowing and scraping, being obsequious, being servile; denting, buckling, giving (in)
ヘコヘコ
hekoheko very hungry, starving, famished; bowing repeatedly, kowtowing, bowing and scraping, being obsequious, being servile; denting, buckling, giving (in)
ぺこぺこ
pekopeko very hungry, starving, famished; bowing repeatedly, kowtowing, bowing and scraping, being obsequious, being servile; denting, buckling, giving (in)
べこべこ
bekobeko very hungry, starving, famished; bowing repeatedly, kowtowing, bowing and scraping, being obsequious, being servile; denting, buckling, giving (in)
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