Meaning of ぺこぺこ in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level ぺこぺこ JLPT 1

Romaji pekopeko

Parts of speech

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

Meaning

very hungry; starving; famished
Parts of speech

adverb taking the `to' particle, adverb (fukushi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

Meaning

fawning; being obsequious; being servile; kowtowing; cringing
Parts of speech

Meaning

giving in; being dented

Examples of , ぺこぺこ in a sentence

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.
上役にやたらにぺこぺこするな。

Don't be subservient to your boss.
お腹がぺこぺこです。

I'm starved.

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