taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle
Formal or literary term describing a person or attitude that is meekly compliant, often used in the adverbial form 唯々として. Related to the compound 唯々諾々 (いいだくだく).
See also: 唯々諾々
He meekly obeyed his boss's orders.
There is no progress if you just say yes to everything without question.
obedient; submissive; unquestioningly compliant
Standard kanji spelling with iteration mark.
Variant without iteration mark; less common.
From Classical Chinese 唯唯, representing the repeated assent “yes, yes”; it consequently denotes unquestioning obedience or compliance.