- obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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The idea that Japanese women are submissive and always obedient to their husbands is a lie.
Children aren't naturally obedient any more than they're naturally well mannered.