Kobu

鼓舞 (Kobu) is a Japanese noun meaning “encouragement, inspiration, rousing, stirring up”.

Meanings

  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbencouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)

Examples

  • The soldiers were animated by the song.

  • The officer inspired his men to be brave.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 鼓舞

drumdance

Related words

darn it!to finishto dance (orig. a whirling dance)drumdancingthe endstage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.)to behavebeatto visit and comfort or consolekabukitsuzumi