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励ます (はげます): to encourage, to cheer, to raise (the voice) — Japanese vocabulary

励ます is read はげます and means "to encourage, to cheer, to raise (the voice)". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

励ます

Reading
はげます · hagemasu
Translation
to encourage, to cheer, to raise (the voice)
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
はげますが

Example

教授は私の研究を励ましてくれた。

きょうじゅはわたしのけんきゅうをはげましてくれた。

The professor encouraged me in my studies.

Kanji in this word

  • 励 — encourage, strive

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