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"To kneel and bow low enough to touch one’s forehead to the ground."
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"word": "سَجَدَ"
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"word": "zich buigen"
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"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
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"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
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"word": "ქედმოხრა"
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"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "einen Kotau machen"
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"word": "földre borul"
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"alt": "ぬかつく",
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"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "叩頭く"
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"alt": "どげざをする",
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"roman": "dogeza o suru",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "土下座をする"
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"roman": "meori-reul joarida",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "머리를 조아리다"
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"roman": "goduhada",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "고두(叩頭)하다"
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"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "knele"
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"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "gjøre knefall"
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"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "fazer o kowtow"
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"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "reverenciar"
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"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "де́лать коуто́у"
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"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
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"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "postrarse"
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"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "lạy"
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"alt": "叩頭",
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"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "khấu đầu"
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"word": "quỳ lạy"
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"ref": "1984 December 30, Jim Davis, Garfield (comic):",
"text": "I suppose you're going to be nice to Odie and kowtow to Jon and lick the mailman's boots! I don't like you already.",
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"text": "The letter to Razin contained another thought that preoccupied Stalin in the first months after the war: the need to avoid “kowtowing to the West,” including showing “unwarranted respect” for the “military authorities of Germany.”",
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"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "knielen"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "zich buigen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "tehdä kowtow"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "se prosterner"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "s’agenouiller"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "kedmoxra",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "ქედმოხრა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "einen Kotau machen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "földre borul"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "leborul"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "hétrét görnyed"
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{
"alt": "ぬかつく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nukatsuku",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "叩頭く"
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{
"alt": "どげざをする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dogeza o suru",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "土下座をする"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "meori-reul joarida",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "머리를 조아리다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "goduhada",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "고두(叩頭)하다"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "knele"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "gjøre knefall"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "fazer o kowtow"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "reverenciar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "délatʹ koutóu",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "де́лать коуто́у"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "klanjati se do zemlje"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "prostrirati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "metanisati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "postrarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "prosternarse"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "lạy"
},
{
"alt": "叩頭",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "khấu đầu"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "quỳ lạy"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "khúm núm"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "quỵ luỵ"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "kneel such that forehead touches ground",
"word": "cowtowio"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "bow deeply",
"word": "zich buigen (diep)"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bow deeply",
"word": "kumartaa syvään"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "kedmoxra",
"sense": "bow deeply",
"word": "ქედმოხრა"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "bow deeply",
"word": "meghajol"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "bow deeply",
"word": "prostrar-se"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "délatʹ nízkij poklón",
"sense": "bow deeply",
"word": "де́лать ни́зкий покло́н"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "bow deeply",
"word": "metanisati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "bow deeply",
"word": "klanjati se do zemlje"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "byty čolom",
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"code": "cy",
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"word": "poklonkovat"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "act submissively",
"word": "underkaste sig"
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "act submissively",
"word": "give efter"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "act submissively",
"word": "føje"
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "act submissively",
"word": "krybe til korset"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "act submissively",
"word": "zich aanpassen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "act submissively",
"word": "onderdanig zijn"
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "act submissively",
"word": "kliniĝi"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act submissively",
"word": "nöyristellä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act submissively",
"word": "kumarrella"
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{
"code": "ka",
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"sense": "act submissively",
"word": "ქედმოხრა"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"word": "kriechen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act submissively",
"word": "kuschen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act submissively",
"word": "katzbuckeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"word": "dienern"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "zu Kreuze kriechen"
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{
"code": "de",
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"code": "he",
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"code": "he",
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"code": "he",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "nb",
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "act submissively",
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"code": "nb",
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "sh",
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{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "act submissively",
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "act submissively",
"word": "quỳ lạy"
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{
"code": "vi",
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"word": "quỵ luỵ"
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"word": "cynffonna"
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{
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "act submissively",
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