N12839/3019

ペコペコ

onomatopoeic or mimetic wordな adjectiveadjective (generic)adverbnoun or participle taking the aux. verb するnoun (generic)adverb taking the と particle

Meanings

  • very hungry, starving, famished
  • bowing repeatedly, kowtowing, bowing and scraping, being obsequious, being servile
  • denting, buckling, giving (in)

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Example sentences

あさからなにべていないので、おなかペコペコだ。

I haven't eaten anything since morning, so I'm starving.

かれはいつも上司じょうしペコペコしていて、ていてずかしくなる。

He is always bowing and scraping to his boss; it's embarrassing to watch.

子供こどもたちはペコペコ空腹くうふくかえってきた。

The children came home absolutely famished.

そのかんペコペコにへこんでいて、使つかものにならない。

That can is badly dented and unusable.

権力者けんりょくしゃペコペコするだけでは、しん信頼しんらいることはできないと彼女かのじょ確信かくしんしていた。

She was convinced that merely being obsequious to those in power would never earn genuine trust.