甘やかす — meaning in English

English meaning

• indulge verb To allow oneself to enjoy something desired, often without restraint.
• mother noun A female parent.
• pamper verb To treat someone with great care, comfort, and indulgence, often more than is really necessary.
• spoil verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.

Senses

甘やかす is used for these senses in English:

• mother (transitive) To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.
• pamper (transitive) To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
• spoil (transitive) To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess. [from 17th c.]

indulge — full definition

1. verb To allow oneself to enjoy something desired, often without restraint.
2. verb To satisfy someone's wishes or whims, often by giving in too easily.

mother — full definition

1. noun A female parent.
2. noun The origin or source of something.
3. verb To care for someone the way a mother would, sometimes to an overprotective degree.

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