喜ぶ
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 喜 |
| よろこ Grade: 4 |
| kun’yomi |
Alternative forms
- 悦ぶ
- 歓ぶ
- 慶ぶ
- 欣ぶ
Verb
喜ぶ (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana よろこぶ, rōmaji yorokobu)
- be pleased
- accept an offer or request gladly, welcome
Conjugation
Conjugation of "喜ぶ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 喜ば | よろこば | yorokoba |
| Continuative (連用形) | 喜び | よろこび | yorokobi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 喜ぶ | よろこぶ | yorokobu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 喜ぶ | よろこぶ | yorokobu |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 喜べ | よろこべ | yorokobe |
| Imperative (命令形) | 喜べ | よろこべ | yorokobe |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 喜ばれる | よろこばれる | yorokobareru |
| Causative | 喜ばせる 喜ばす | よろこばせる よろこばす | yorokobaseru yorokobasu |
| Potential | 喜べる | よろこべる | yorokoberu |
| Volitional | 喜ぼう | よろこぼう | yorokobō |
| Negative | 喜ばない | よろこばない | yorokobanai |
| Negative continuative | 喜ばず | よろこばず | yorokobazu |
| Formal | 喜びます | よろこびます | yorokobimasu |
| Perfective | 喜んだ | よろこんだ | yorokonda |
| Conjunctive | 喜んで | よろこんで | yorokonde |
| Hypothetical conditional | 喜べば | よろこべば | yorokobeba |
Derived terms
- 喜び
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.