JLPT N4 vocabulary
喜ぶ: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
よろこぶ3Nakadaka · falls inside
Godan verb (u-verb)
Meaning
- to be delighted, to be glad, to be pleased, to rejoice
- to congratulate
- to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.), to take kindly to
- to do with pleasure, to do gladly, to be happy (to do)
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 喜ぶ | 喜 |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 喜 | 喜 |
| Polite presentます形 | 喜 | 喜 |
| Polite pastました形 | 喜 | 喜 |
| Te-formて形 | 喜 | 喜 |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 喜 | 喜 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 喜 | 喜 |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 喜 | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 喜 | 喜 |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 喜 | 喜ぶ |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 喜 | 喜 |
| Passive受身形 | 喜 | 喜 |
| Make / let使役形 | 喜 | 喜 |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 喜 | 喜 |
Example sentences
彼女は子供が生まれて喜んでいます。
She is delighted that her child has been born.
彼女は先輩が喜ぶとあればどんなことでもするだろう。
She'll do anything if it'll make the upperclassmen happy.