ペコペコ
Meanings
Na-adjective
1. very hungry; starving; famished (Onomatopoeia)
Adverb
Suru verb
2. bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; bowing and scraping; being obsequious; being servile (Onomatopoeia)
Adverb
Adverb taking と
Suru verb
Na-adjective
3. denting; buckling; giving (in) (Onomatopoeia)
Other readings
Examples4
お腹 が ぺこぺこ です。
I am terribly hungry.
上役 に やたらに ぺこぺこ する な。
Don't be subservient to your boss.
彼 は 借金 を 頼み に 頭 を ペコペコ 下げて やって来た。
He came crawling to me to ask for a loan.
彼 は 私の ところ へ ぺこぺこ して 借金 を 頼み に 来た。
He came to me hat in hand and asked for a loan.