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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

ほめる

N4
homeru
  1. 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かおを赤あかくした。
    Helen blushed at their praise.
    海伦被大家夸奖得脸红了。
  • あなたは先せん生せい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"
  }
}