卑屈ひくつ
hikutsu

Noun
na-Adjective

1. servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling; spineless

かれらはなぜあんなに卑屈ひくつかれつかえたのか。
karerawa naze annani hikutsuni kareni tsukaeta noka.
Why did they wait upon him so servilely?