"ぺこぺこ" meaning in Japanese

See ぺこぺこ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [pe̞ko̞pe̞ko̞] Forms: pekopeko [romanization], ぺこぺこな [adnominal], ぺこぺこに [adverbial]
Etymology: Related to the verb 凹む (hekomu, “to become hollow or dented, to collapse inwardly, to sink in”). Head templates: {{ja-adj|infl=na}} ぺこぺこ • (pekopeko) -na (adnominal ぺこぺこな (pekopeko na), adverbial ぺこぺこに (pekopeko ni))
  1. extremely hungry
    Sense id: en-ぺこぺこ-ja-adj-4wXYJ2d3

Adverb

IPA: [pe̞ko̞pe̞ko̞] Forms: pekopeko [romanization]
Etymology: Related to the verb 凹む (hekomu, “to become hollow or dented, to collapse inwardly, to sink in”). Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb}} ぺこぺこ • (pekopeko)
  1. (onomatopoeia) expressing the sound of thin metal as it dents and collapses: "plinkingly, tinkingly" Tags: onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-ぺこぺこ-ja-adv-Yr6ahiwx Categories (other): Japanese onomatopoeias
  2. (childish) expressing the idea of one's stomach collapsing inwards: "extremely hungrily" Tags: childish
    Sense id: en-ぺこぺこ-ja-adv-flKFghjI
  3. humbly (see へこへこ)
    Sense id: en-ぺこぺこ-ja-adv-qVvO32Ot Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 19 2 26 53 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 27 2 20 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 25 2 21 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 26 2 21 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 4 33 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 2 27 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ぺこり (pekori)

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "Related to the verb 凹む (hekomu, “to become hollow or dented, to collapse inwardly, to sink in”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pekopeko",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb"
      },
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      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "pekori",
      "word": "ぺこり"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The can dented in with a plink.",
          "roman": "Kan ga pekopeko to hekonda.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "缶",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "凹",
              "へこ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "缶がぺこぺこと凹んだ。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "expressing the sound of thin metal as it dents and collapses: \"plinkingly, tinkingly\""
      ],
      "id": "en-ぺこぺこ-ja-adv-Yr6ahiwx",
      "links": [
        [
          "onomatopoeia",
          "onomatopoeia"
        ],
        [
          "plink",
          "plink#English"
        ],
        [
          "tink",
          "tink#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(onomatopoeia) expressing the sound of thin metal as it dents and collapses: \"plinkingly, tinkingly\""
      ],
      "tags": [
        "onomatopoeic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The bear hungrily groped around in the trash can.",
          "roman": "Kuma ga pekopeko to gomibako no naka de sagurimawatta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "熊",
              "くま"
            ],
            [
              "箱",
              "ばこ"
            ],
            [
              "中",
              "なか"
            ],
            [
              "探",
              "さぐ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "熊がぺこぺことゴミ箱の中で探りまわった。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "expressing the idea of one's stomach collapsing inwards: \"extremely hungrily\""
      ],
      "id": "en-ぺこぺこ-ja-adv-flKFghjI",
      "links": [
        [
          "childish",
          "childish"
        ],
        [
          "extremely",
          "extremely#English"
        ],
        [
          "hungrily",
          "hungrily#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(childish) expressing the idea of one's stomach collapsing inwards: \"extremely hungrily\""
      ],
      "tags": [
        "childish"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 2 26 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 2 20 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 2 21 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 2 21 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 4 33 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 2 27 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to lower one's head humbly",
          "roman": "pekopeko to atama o sageru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "頭",
              "あたま"
            ],
            [
              "下",
              "さ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ぺこぺこと頭を下げる",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "humbly (see へこへこ)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ぺこぺこ-ja-adv-qVvO32Ot",
      "links": [
        [
          "humbly",
          "humbly"
        ],
        [
          "へこへこ",
          "へこへこ#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ぺこぺこ"
    },
    {
      "other": "ぺこぺこ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pe̞ko̞pe̞ko̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ぺこぺこ"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Related to the verb 凹む (hekomu, “to become hollow or dented, to collapse inwardly, to sink in”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pekopeko",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぺこぺこな",
      "roman": "pekopeko na",
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぺこぺこに",
      "roman": "pekopeko ni",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "ぺこぺこ • (pekopeko) -na (adnominal ぺこぺこな (pekopeko na), adverbial ぺこぺこに (pekopeko ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What do you do when you're really hungry?",
          "roman": "Pekopeko na toki ni dō suru?",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "時",
              "とき"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ぺこぺこな時にどうする?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "extremely hungry"
      ],
      "id": "en-ぺこぺこ-ja-adj-4wXYJ2d3",
      "links": [
        [
          "hungry",
          "hungry"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ぺこぺこ"
    },
    {
      "other": "ぺこぺこ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pe̞ko̞pe̞ko̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ぺこぺこ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese adverbs",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to the verb 凹む (hekomu, “to become hollow or dented, to collapse inwardly, to sink in”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pekopeko",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "ぺこぺこ • (pekopeko)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "pekori",
      "word": "ぺこり"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese onomatopoeias",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The can dented in with a plink.",
          "roman": "Kan ga pekopeko to hekonda.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "缶",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "凹",
              "へこ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "缶がぺこぺこと凹んだ。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "expressing the sound of thin metal as it dents and collapses: \"plinkingly, tinkingly\""
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "onomatopoeia",
          "onomatopoeia"
        ],
        [
          "plink",
          "plink#English"
        ],
        [
          "tink",
          "tink#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(onomatopoeia) expressing the sound of thin metal as it dents and collapses: \"plinkingly, tinkingly\""
      ],
      "tags": [
        "onomatopoeic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese childish terms",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The bear hungrily groped around in the trash can.",
          "roman": "Kuma ga pekopeko to gomibako no naka de sagurimawatta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "熊",
              "くま"
            ],
            [
              "箱",
              "ばこ"
            ],
            [
              "中",
              "なか"
            ],
            [
              "探",
              "さぐ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "熊がぺこぺことゴミ箱の中で探りまわった。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "expressing the idea of one's stomach collapsing inwards: \"extremely hungrily\""
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "childish",
          "childish"
        ],
        [
          "extremely",
          "extremely#English"
        ],
        [
          "hungrily",
          "hungrily#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(childish) expressing the idea of one's stomach collapsing inwards: \"extremely hungrily\""
      ],
      "tags": [
        "childish"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to lower one's head humbly",
          "roman": "pekopeko to atama o sageru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "頭",
              "あたま"
            ],
            [
              "下",
              "さ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ぺこぺこと頭を下げる",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "humbly (see へこへこ)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humbly",
          "humbly"
        ],
        [
          "へこへこ",
          "へこへこ#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ぺこぺこ"
    },
    {
      "other": "ぺこぺこ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pe̞ko̞pe̞ko̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ぺこぺこ"
}

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    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese adverbs",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to the verb 凹む (hekomu, “to become hollow or dented, to collapse inwardly, to sink in”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pekopeko",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぺこぺこな",
      "roman": "pekopeko na",
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぺこぺこに",
      "roman": "pekopeko ni",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "ぺこぺこ • (pekopeko) -na (adnominal ぺこぺこな (pekopeko na), adverbial ぺこぺこに (pekopeko ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What do you do when you're really hungry?",
          "roman": "Pekopeko na toki ni dō suru?",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "時",
              "とき"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ぺこぺこな時にどうする?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "extremely hungry"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hungry",
          "hungry"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ぺこぺこ"
    },
    {
      "other": "ぺこぺこ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pe̞ko̞pe̞ko̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ぺこぺこ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ぺこぺこ meaning in Japanese (4.1kB)

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