ひくつ
Hikutsu
卑屈 (Hikutsu) is a Japanese na-adjective meaning “servile, subservient, obsequious, slavish”.
Meanings
- na-adjective, nounservile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
Examples
敗北や失敗は人間を非常に卑屈にする。
Defeat and failure make people too humble.
彼らはなぜあんなに卑屈に彼に仕えたのか。
Why did they wait upon him so servilely?
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).