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ペコペコ is an exact match with one form of the following word:
ぺこぺこ
BOOST
1. very hungry; starving; famished  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. fawning; bowing and scraping; being obsequious; being servile; kowtowing; bowing repeatedly; cringing  (see also: ぺこん; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
3. giving in; being dented  (see also: ぺこん; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 7 (among the 20,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 67,768 which gives a rank of 12,910
ぺこぺこ is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 139,000 (about 660,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1735 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
なか
ぺこぺこです
I'm starved.
うわやく
上役
やたらぺこぺこする
Don't be subservient to your boss.
かれ
わたし
ところぺこぺこして
しゃっきん
借金
たの

He came to me hat in hand and asked for a loan.
ペコペコ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 102,000 (about 1,750,000 results)
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