Illustration: In a Japanese living room, a child presents their grandmother with her repaired windup bird. A tiny screwdriver and the discarded broken spring rest on a cloth nearby.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

喜よろこばす

yorokobasu

to please, to make happy

喜ばせる is a more common alternative. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. その少年しょうねんは両親りょうしんを喜よろこばした。

    The boy made his parents happy.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼女かのじょは彼かれを喜よろこばそうとしたが無駄むだだった。

    She tried in vain to please him.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼女かのじょを喜よろこばすためなら何なんでもやります。

    I will do anything to please her.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 喜

  • 喜rejoice; take pleasure inOnキKunよろこぶ・よろこばす

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