ほめる
N4 homeru
- to praise
ichidan verbtransitive
Also written 褒める
Chinese meanings
表扬;夸奖
Examples
- ヘレンはみんなにほめられて顔を赤くした。Helen blushed at their praise.海伦被大家夸奖得脸红了。
- あなたは先生にほめられましたか。Were you praised by the teacher?你受到老师的表扬了吗?
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('9097d5cc39'); // ほめる
{
"id": "9097d5cc39",
"word": "ほめる",
"reading": "ほめる",
"romaji": "homeru",
"meanings": [
"to praise"
],
"level": "N4",
"pos": [
"v1",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1603550,
"other_forms": [
"褒める"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ヘレンはみんなにほめられて顔を赤くした。",
"furigana": "ヘレンはみんなにほめられて{顔|かお}を{赤|あか}くした。",
"en": "Helen blushed at their praise.",
"tatoeba_id": 196667
},
{
"ja": "あなたは先生にほめられましたか。",
"furigana": "あなたは{先生|せんせい}にほめられましたか。",
"en": "Were you praised by the teacher?",
"tatoeba_id": 231786
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "47c2ad1ef1cd9c9aae8daeb8baa42fbc6fd8c48975014a251f9166b106c3c472",
"meanings": [
"表扬",
"夸奖"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ヘレンはみんなにほめられて顔を赤くした。",
"zh": "海伦被大家夸奖得脸红了。"
},
{
"ja": "あなたは先生にほめられましたか。",
"zh": "你受到老师的表扬了吗?"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n4/9097d5cc39",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "c1d80d3ac78cb9e98b363df1c2648b32147f7b9cf939e61b7ef923eaf3c06cdf"
}
}