喜ばす・悦ばす・歓ばす|よろこばすyorokobasu[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
喜ばす喜ばす is the most common written form of this word and the form beginners should use when choosing how to write it.
悦ばす悦ばす is a rarely used kanji-and-kana variant. You may encounter it, but 喜ばす is the form to choose as a beginner.
歓ばす歓ばす is a rarely used kanji-and-kana variant. You may encounter it, but 喜ばす is the form to choose as a beginner.
Definitions
- godan verb, transitive verbto delight; to please; to make (someone) happy; to give pleasure (to)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 喜ばす（よろこばす） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 喜ばします（よろこばします） |
| Negative (nai) | 喜ばさない（よろこばさない） |
| polite (masen) | 喜ばしません（よろこばしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 喜ばさず・喜ばさぬ（よろこばさず・よろこばさぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 喜ばした（よろこばした） |
| polite (mashita) | 喜ばしました（よろこばしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 喜ばさなかった（よろこばさなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 喜ばしませんでした（よろこばしませんでした） |
| Te form | 喜ばして（よろこばして） |
| Potential | 喜ばせる（よろこばせる） |
| Passive | 喜ばされる（よろこばされる） |
| Causative | 喜ばさせる（よろこばさせる） |
| Causative passive | 喜ばさせられる（よろこばさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 喜ばせば（よろこばせば） |
| tara | 喜ばしたら（よろこばしたら） |
| Volitional | 喜ばそう（よろこばそう） |
| polite (mashou) | 喜ばしましょう（よろこばしましょう） |
| Imperative | 喜ばせ（よろこばせ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Transitive / intransitive pair
友達を喜ばす
喜ぶ describes a person’s own feeling of delight (marked with が), while 喜ばす focuses on the action of causing that delight in someone else (marked with を).
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Synonyms & antonyms
- Related楽しむたのしむNeutralFor enjoying something yourself and taking pleasure in it; 「喜ばす」 is about making someone else happy.
- Related面白がるおもしろがるNeutralFor finding something fun or amusing yourself, as in 「新しい遊びを面白がる」; it is not about pleasing others.
- Related興がるきょうがるWrittenTo feel interested or delighted by something; written, old-fashioned prose, and the pleasure is your own, not about pleasing others.
- Antonym怒らせるおこらせるNeutralTo make someone angry; the opposite of 「喜ばす」, which makes people happy.
- Antonym悲しませるNeutralTo make someone sad; the direct opposite of 「喜ばす」.
Use 「喜ばす」/「喜ばせる」 to make someone else happy, as in 「親を喜ばす」; use 「楽しむ」 for enjoying something yourself. The opposites are 「悲しませる」 and 「怒らせる」.
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Japanese definitions
- 喜ぶようにさせる。
Kanji in this word
English equivalents
See also
