ぺちゃんこ

Japanese

Adjective

ぺちゃんこ (-na inflection, rōmaji pechanko)

  1. flat, flattened
    タイヤがぺちゃんこ
    taiya ga pechanko
    the tire is flat
  2. crushed, squashed, flattened
    地 (じ)震 (しん)でぺちゃんこにつぶれた
    jishin de pechanko ni tsubureta
    crushed flat in an earthquake
  3. (figuratively) defeated, deflated, crushed
    議 (ぎ)論 (ろん)してぺちゃんこに遣 (や)り込 (こ)める
    gironshite pechanko ni yarikomeru
    crush (defeat soundly) with an argument

Noun

ぺちゃんこ (rōmaji pechanko)

  1. (informal, slang) something flat, something that has been flattened
    • 2014 December 17, Takashi Kamei, “Kami no kei no pechanko ni naru riyū [The reason hair becomes flattened]”, in kame38.blog hairlife‎:
      それは髪 (かみ)の生 (は)え方 (かた)や寝癖 (ねぐせ)よるものであれば、スタイリングで補 (ほ)正 (せい)できるのですがそれができないくらい「ぺちゃんこ」の状態 (じょうたい)なら注 (ちゅう)意 (い)が必要 (ひつよう)かもしれません。
      Sore wa kami no hae kata ya neguse yoru mono deareba, sutairingu de hosei dekiru no desu ga sore ga dekinai kurai “pechanko” no jōtai nara chūi ga hitsuyō kamoshiremasen.
      If it is due to the way the hair grows or simply bed head, it can be corrected with styling, but you must take care not to get to a nearly unsalvageable “pechanko” condition.

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