I Love Kanji喜ぶ (yorokobu)
喜ぶ (よろこぶ, yorokobu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be delighted; to be glad”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- よろこぶ
- Romaji
- yorokobu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぶ
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be delighted; to be glad; to be pleased; to rejoice · godan verb, transitive, intransitive
- to congratulate · godan verb, transitive
- to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to · godan verb, transitive
- to do with pleasure; to do gladly; to be happy (to do) · godan verb, intransitive · as よろこんで...
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 喜ぶ
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぶ. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 喜ぶ | よろこぶ yorokobu |
| Polite (~masu) | 喜びます | よろこびます yorokobimasu |
| Negative | 喜ばない | よろこばない yorokobanai |
| Polite negative | 喜びません | よろこびません yorokobimasen |
| Past | 喜んだ | よろこんだ yorokonda |
| Polite past | 喜びました | よろこびました yorokobimashita |
| Negative past | 喜ばなかった | よろこばなかった yorokobanakatta |
| Te-form | 喜んで | よろこんで yorokonde |
| Potential | 喜べる | よろこべる yorokoberu |
| Passive | 喜ばれる | よろこばれる yorokobareru |
| Causative | 喜ばせる | よろこばせる yorokobaseru |
| Volitional | 喜ぼう | よろこぼう yorokobou |
| Imperative | 喜べ | よろこべ yorokobe |
| Conditional (~ba) | 喜べば | よろこべば yorokobeba |
Kanji in 喜ぶ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 喜ぶ.
Source: JMdict entry 1218760 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.