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喜ぶ — meaning in English

yorokobu

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English meaning

  • delighted adjective Feeling great pleasure or happiness.
  • gladden verb To cause (something) to become more glad.
  • glory noun Great honour, fame, or admiration earned through achievement.
  • please verb To make someone happy or satisfied.
  • rejoice verb To feel or show great joy or delight.

Senses

喜ぶ is used for these senses in English:

  • delighted Greatly pleased.
  • gladden (transitive) To cause (something) to become more glad.
  • glory To exult with joy; to rejoice.
  • please (ambitransitive) To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
  • rejoice (intransitive) To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy. [from 14th c.]

gladden — full definition

  1. verb To cause (something) to become more glad.
  2. verb To become more glad in one's disposition.

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