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<entry id="2191150" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1482740</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>卑屈</keb>
<ke_pri>news2</ke_pri>
<ke_pri>nf40</ke_pri>
<ke_pri>spec2</ke_pri>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ひくつ</reb>
<re_pri>news2</re_pri>
<re_pri>nf40</re_pri>
<re_pri>spec2</re_pri>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&adj-na;</pos>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>servile</gloss>
<gloss>subservient</gloss>
<gloss>obsequious</gloss>
<gloss>slavish</gloss>
<gloss>self-abasing</gloss>
<gloss>grovelling</gloss>
<gloss>spineless</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2022-06-16 01:15:59" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>Do "menial" or "meanness" fit? They seem totally out of place to me. "abject" in this sense also seems obscure.

The kokugos all emphasize things like low self-esteem and servility.</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;menial&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;meanness&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;servility&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;servile&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;toadyish&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;self-abasing&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;spineless&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-06-16 20:05:01" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>"menial" is definitely a mistake. GG5 has "mean" but I agree that it doesn't appear to fit the definition.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>gg5, prog, daij</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -20 +20,3 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;toadyish&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;subservient&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;obsequious&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;slavish&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -21,0 +24 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;grovelling&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -23 +25,0 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;abject&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>



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