Illustration: At a community pottery class, a child presents a newly made clay bowl with an endearingly uneven rim. The instructor bends to the child's height, looks directly at the bowl, and gives an enthusiastic thumbs-up with a broad, approving smile.

ほめる

homeru

to praise, to compliment

Example sentences

ヘレンはみんなにほめられて顔かおを赤あかくした。
Helen blushed at their praise.
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先生せんせいは彼女かのじょをほめた。
Her teacher praised her.
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彼かれはみんなにほめられる。
He is well spoken of by everybody.
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