To Encourage Someone, To Cheer Up Someone, To Encourage
transitive verb, godan verb
Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means encourage and the verb vocab version is to encourage someone (or to encourage).
はげます
Think about encouraging a hag (はげ). She needs encouragement because she's a hag, and nobody likes her much because of that.
私は人を励ますのが苦手だ。
I'm not good at encouraging others.
いつも励ましてくれてありがとう。
Thank you for always encouraging me.
落ち込んでいる人を励ますのは難しい。
It's hard to cheer up someone who's depressed.