励ます

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
励
はげ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
勵ます (kyūjitai)
Japanese verb pair
active 励ます
mediopassive 励む

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "励ます"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		励ます はげま​す
Imperative (命令形) 励ませ はげま​せ
Key constructions
Passive 励まされる はげまされ​る
Causative 励まさせる はげまさせ​る
Potential 励ませる はげませ​る
Volitional 励まそう はげまそ​ー
Negative 励まさない はげまさ​ない
Negative perfective 励まさなかった はげまさ​なかった
Formal 励まします はげましま​す
Perfective 励ました はげま​した
Conjunctive 励まして はげま​して
Hypothetical conditional 励ませば はげま​せば

Verb

励(はげ)ます • (hagemasu) transitive godan (stem 励(はげ)まし (hagemashi), past 励(はげ)ました (hagemashita))

  1. encourage, cheer up, be supportive, comfort

Conjugation

Conjugation of "励ます" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 励まさ はげまさ hagemasa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 励まし はげまし hagemashi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 励ます はげます hagemasu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 励ます はげます hagemasu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 励ませ はげませ hagemase
Meireikei ("imperative") 励ませ はげませ hagemase
Key constructions
Passive 励まされる はげまされる hagemasareru
Causative 励まさせる
励まさす 		はげまさせる
はげまさす 		hagemasaseru
hagemasasu
Potential 励ませる はげませる hagemaseru
Volitional 励まそう はげまそう hagemasō
Negative 励まさない はげまさない hagemasanai
Negative continuative 励まさず はげまさず hagemasazu
Formal 励まします はげまします hagemashimasu
Perfective 励ました はげました hagemashita
Conjunctive 励まして はげまして hagemashite
Hypothetical conditional 励ませば はげませば hagemaseba
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