よろこばす
Yorokobasu
Other forms: 悦ばす、歓ばす
喜ばす (Yorokobasu) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to delight, to please, to make (someone) happy, to give pleasure (to)”.
Meanings
- godan verb, transitive verbto delight; to please; to make (someone) happy; to give pleasure (to)
Examples
小事は小人を喜ばす。
Little thing please little minds.
その少年は両親を喜ばした。
The boy made his parents happy.
私は彼を喜ばすためにそうした。
I did so with a view to pleasing him.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).