喜ぶ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
喜
よろこ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
悦ぶ
歓ぶ
慶ぶ
欣ぶ

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) よろこ​ぶ [yòrókóꜜbù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jo̞ɾo̞ko̞bɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "喜ぶ"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
喜ぶ よろこ​ぶ [yòrókóꜜbù]
Imperative (命令形) 喜べ よろこ​べ [yòrókóꜜbè]
Key constructions
Passive 喜ばれる よろこばれ​る [yòrókóbáréꜜrù]
Causative 喜ばせる よろこばせ​る [yòrókóbáséꜜrù]
Potential 喜べる よろこべ​る [yòrókóbéꜜrù]
Volitional 喜ぼう よろこぼ​ー [yòrókóbóꜜò]
Negative 喜ばない よろこば​ない [yòrókóbáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 喜ばなかった よろこば​なかった [yòrókóbáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 喜びます よろこびま​す [yòrókóbímáꜜsù]
Perfective 喜んだ よろこ​んだ [yòrókóꜜǹdà]
Conjunctive 喜んで よろこ​んで [yòrókóꜜǹdè]
Hypothetical conditional 喜べば よろこ​べば [yòrókóꜜbèbà]

Verb

喜(よろこ)ぶ • (yorokobu) intransitive godan (stem 喜(よろこ)び (yorokobi), past 喜(よろこ)んだ (yorokonda))

  1. be pleased
  2. accept an offer or request gladly, welcome

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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