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へつらう
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, う, intransitive)
Usually written in kana
1. to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)
Alt. forms
へつらう
79%
諂へつらう
17%
諛へつらう
3%
Pitch accent
へ
つら
う
Conjugations...Used in: 197
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to toady (to); to fawn (on)
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to toady (to); to fawn (on)
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to toady (to); to fawn (on)
Examples (1 in total)
You don't need to flatter your boss.