How to say "indulge" in Japanese

• 淫するいんする
  suru verb (irregular), intransitive verbCovers 'indulge' in the sense of overdoing something or going to excess; it is less common, so for most 'indulge' contexts it is seldom the word you want — the meaning is really 'overdo'.
• ちやほやJLPT N1approx.
  suru verb, transitive verb, adverb (with と)Covers 'indulge' in the transitive sense of pampering or spoiling someone else; less common and mimetic, it pictures fussing affectionately over a person, the way adults indulge a child.
  この歌手かしゅはあまりにもチヤホヤされすぎる。↗

  This singer is made too much of.

Choose 「淫する」 when 'indulge' means overdoing something or going to excess yourself, and 「ちやほや」 when it means pampering or spoiling someone else; both are less common ways to render the English verb.

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• 淫するいんするto overdo
• ちやほやto make a fuss over