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ペコペコ

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word ペコペコ

こぺこ
Onomatopoeic
Freq #19539
1

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

very hungry; starving; famished

Examples
お腹がぺこぺこです。
I'm starved.
2

Adverb (fukushi); Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; bowing and scraping; being obsequious; being servile

Examples
上役にやたらにぺこぺこするな。
Don't be subservient to your boss.
3

Adverb (fukushi); Adverb taking the 'to' particle; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

denting; buckling; giving (in)

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