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媚びへつらう媚び諂う媚へつらう [sK] 媚諂う [sK]
こびへつらう
1. [v5u,vi]
▶ to flatter
▶ to curry favour (with)
▶ to play up (to)
▶ to toady (to)
▶ to fawn (on)

Conjugations


History:
4. A 2023-05-05 23:03:56  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
We don't usually have x-refs on 複合動詞 entries.
  Diff:
@@ -24,2 +23,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1566080">媚びる・1</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="1572790">諂う</xref>
@@ -29 +26,0 @@
-<gloss>to suck up (to)</gloss>
@@ -30,0 +28 @@
+<gloss>to fawn (on)</gloss>
3. A* 2023-05-05 16:25:08  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
媚びへつらう	5117	54.9%
媚び諂う	1408	15.1%
媚へつらう	225	2.4%
媚諂う	59	0.6%
こびへつらう	2506	26.9%
  Comments:
MacOS IME gave me 媚諂う, unfortunately.

諂う is [uk], so this makes sense. 媚 has such a strong connotation, I'm not surprised it is usually included.
  Diff:
@@ -3,0 +4,3 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>媚びへつらう</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -8 +11,6 @@
-<keb>媚びへつらう</keb>
+<keb>媚へつらう</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>媚諂う</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
2. A* 2023-05-05 16:19:12  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
媚び諂う	1408	2.2%
媚びる	58236	91.9%
媚る	677	1.1%
諂う	3079	4.9%
  Comments:
The xrefs have gotten attention over the years, but this entry has stuck since 2006. "obsequious" in particular was dropped some time back.

This would seem to be a case of strengthening by duplication, so the glosses should pretty much be the same as both xrefs, "but stronger".
(like some of our previous "grieving" examples).

Simply displaying both xrefs should make this clear enough.

I noticed that the glosses for 媚びる[1] and 諂う are close-but-not-quite-the-same.  Perhaps they should be aligned.
  Diff:
@@ -16,2 +16,7 @@
-<gloss>to toady</gloss>
-<gloss>to be obsequious</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="1566080">媚びる・1</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1572790">諂う</xref>
+<gloss>to flatter</gloss>
+<gloss>to curry favour (with)</gloss>
+<gloss>to play up (to)</gloss>
+<gloss>to suck up (to)</gloss>
+<gloss>to toady (to)</gloss>
1. A 2006-04-28 00:00:00 
  Comments:
Entry created

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