喜ぶ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
喜
よろこ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
悦ぶ
歓ぶ
慶ぶ
欣ぶ

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「喜ぶ」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		喜ぶ よろこぶ
Imperative (命令形) 喜べ よろこべ
Key constructions
Passive 喜ばれる よろこばれる
Causative 喜ばせる よろこばせる
Potential 喜べる よろこべる
Volitional 喜ぼう よろこぼー
Negative 喜ばない よろこばない
Negative perfective 喜ばなかった よろこばなかった
Formal 喜びます よろこびます
Perfective 喜んだ よろこんだ
Conjunctive 喜んで よろこんで
Hypothetical conditional 喜べば よろこべば

Verb

喜(よろこ)ぶ • (yorokobu) intransitive godan (stem 喜(よろこ)び (yorokobi), past 喜(よろこ)んだ (yorokonda))

  1. be pleased
  2. accept an offer or request gladly, welcome

Conjugation

Conjugation of "喜ぶ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 喜ば よろこば yorokoba
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 喜び よろこび yorokobi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 喜ぶ よろこぶ yorokobu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 喜ぶ よろこぶ yorokobu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 喜べ よろこべ yorokobe
Meireikei ("imperative") 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
Classical conjugation of "喜ぶ" (バ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (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
Realis (已然形) 喜べ よろこべ yorokobe
Imperative (命令形) 喜べ よろこべ yorokobe
Key constructions
Negative 喜ばず よろこばず yorokobazu
Contrasting conjunction 喜べど よろこべど yorokobedo
Causal conjunction 喜べば よろこべば yorokobeba
Conditional conjunction 喜ばば よろこばば yorokobaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 喜びき よろこびき yorokobiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 喜びけり よろこびけり yorokobikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 喜びつ よろこびつ yorokobitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 喜びぬ よろこびぬ yorokobinu
Perfect-continuative tense 喜べり
喜びたり		 よろこべり
よろこびたり		 yorokoberi
yorokobitari
Volitional 喜ばむ よろこばむ yorokobamu

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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