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褒める

ほめる

to praise, to commend

Mnemonic

He worked harder than anybody all term and somebody finally said so out loud, with the rest of them standing there. Home ほめ he goes with it: ほめる.

Built from

praise
衣 a garment wrapped the whole way round somebody, which is what praise feels like when it lands.

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