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励ます · godan verb (-su)

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

General term for giving emotional support, urging someone to do their best, or lifting someone's spirits.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

dated term

Dated usage; now mostly replaced by 声を張り上げる or similar expressions. Still seen in older literature.

〈人ひと〉を励はげますto encourage someone
友とも達だちを励はげますために手て紙がみを書かいた。
I wrote a letter to encourage my friend.
落おち込こんでいる〈人ひと〉を励はげますto encourage someone who is feeling down
試し験けんに落おちて落おち込こんでいる彼かれを励はげました。
I encouraged him after he felt down about failing the exam.

励はげむN1sense 1
励む is the intransitive counterpart meaning 'to strive at' something oneself, while 励ます is the transitive verb meaning 'to encourage' someone else.

元げん気きづける sense 1
元気づける emphasizes restoring someone's energy or cheerfulness, while 励ます focuses more on giving moral support and urging someone to keep trying.
勇ゆう気きづける sense 1
勇気づける specifically means to give someone courage, whereas 励ます is a broader term covering general encouragement or cheering someone up.
応おう援えんN3sense 1
応援する means to root for or support someone from the sidelines (like at a sports match), while 励ます is direct verbal encouragement aimed at lifting someone's spirits.
激げきする
励ます is the ordinary word for encouraging someone, while 激する in this rare transitive sense is a formal, literary way to say the same thing.

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引ひき立たてるN1
励ます focuses on verbally encouraging someone, while 引き立てる in this sense means lifting someone's spirits or mood more broadly.
慰なぐさめるN2
励ます means to encourage someone to take positive action, while 慰める focuses on soothing someone's sadness or grief.
激げき励れいN1
励ます is the everyday verb for cheering someone up or encouraging them, while 激励 is a more formal noun/する-verb used in speeches or official messages.

慰なぐさめるN2sense 1
慰める means to comfort or console someone who is sad or grieving, while 励ます means to encourage someone to keep going or try harder.

Compound of 励む (hagemu, 'to strive') + す (-su, causative/transitive suffix). Literally 'to make someone strive'.