I Love Kanji励ます (hagemasu)
励ます (はげます, hagemasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to encourage; to cheer on”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- はげます
- Romaji
- hagemasu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up · godan verb, transitive
- to raise (one's voice) · godan verb, transitive · dated
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 励ます
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 励ます | はげます hagemasu |
| Polite (~masu) | 励まします | はげまします hagemashimasu |
| Negative | 励まさない | はげまさない hagemasanai |
| Polite negative | 励ましません | はげましません hagemashimasen |
| Past | 励ました | はげました hagemashita |
| Polite past | 励ましました | はげましました hagemashimashita |
| Negative past | 励まさなかった | はげまさなかった hagemasanakatta |
| Te-form | 励まして | はげまして hagemashite |
| Potential | 励ませる | はげませる hagemaseru |
| Passive | 励まされる | はげまされる hagemasareru |
| Causative | 励まさせる | はげまさせる hagemasaseru |
| Volitional | 励まそう | はげまそう hagemasou |
| Imperative | 励ませ | はげませ hagemase |
| Conditional (~ba) | 励ませば | はげませば hagemaseba |
Kanji in 励ます
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 励ます.
Source: JMdict entry 1557350 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.