Illustration: At an apartment doorway, an older resident discovers their missing cat safely cradled in a neighbour's arms. The resident's face opens into a broad smile, eyes wet with relief, and both hands rise toward the animal before they even remember their slippers.

JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

喜よろこぶ

yorokobu

to be glad, to be delighted

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは母親ははおやの到着とうちゃくを喜よろこんだ。

    He rejoiced at his mother’s arrival.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. みんなが喜よろこんでいた。

    All were happy.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれらは良よい知しらせを聞きいて喜よろこんだ。

    They were delighted at the good news.

    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

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences
Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store
For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store