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諂う； 諛う [rK]
【 へつらう 】
1. [v5u,vi] [uk]
▶ to flatter
▶ to curry favour (with)
▶ to play up (to)
▶ to suck up (to)
▶ to toady (to)

Conjugations


History:
7. A 2022-04-30 21:59:19  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
6. A* 2022-04-30 20:20:33  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
 3,079	 17.7%	諂う
    44	  0.3%	諛う
14,233	 82.0%	へつらう
  Diff: 
@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
5. A 2020-04-04 04:04:58  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2020-04-04 01:07:19  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
gg5, prog, Wisdom
諂う	3079
諛う	44
へつらう	14233
  Comments: 
Usually kana.
  Diff: 
@@ -15,0 +16 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
@@ -17,3 +18,4 @@
-<gloss>to be smarmy</gloss>
-<gloss>to be unctuous</gloss>
-<gloss>to be obsequious</gloss>
+<gloss>to curry favour (with)</gloss>
+<gloss>to play up (to)</gloss>
+<gloss>to suck up (to)</gloss>
+<gloss>to toady (to)</gloss>
3. A 2013-02-15 06:48:15  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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