へりくだる

Frequency rank: 28,646. – 28,849.
    Godan verb with 'ru' ending; intransitive verb
  1. to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneselfword usually written using kana alone
Forms
  • へりくだるFrequency rank: 28,646. – 28,849.
  • る【へりくだる】
  • る【へりくだる】Frequency rank: 54,044. – 55,693.
Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
    2. This phrase is used when someone intentionally downplays their own worth or abilities while elevating the status or skills of the person they are speaking to, often as a form of politeness or humility.
    He always deprecates himself and respects the opinions of others.
    Her attitude is to abase herself to praise the other person.
Generated collocations (experimental)
to deprecate oneself and praise the listenerhumble demeanormodest wordsI am sorry to abase myselfhumility is a virtueposture of humilityto humbly requestto abase oneself excessivelythe beauty of humilityto not forget to be humble
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
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Wiktionary
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