卑屈

Japanese

Kanji in this term
卑	屈
ひ Grade: S	くつ Grade: S
on'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひくつ [hìkútsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [çi̥kɯ̟t͡sɨ]

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))

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

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN