Illustration: In a municipal gym, a beginner stands before a low vaulting box, shoulders slumped after stopping short of a jump. A teammate crouches beside them at eye level, placing one reassuring hand on their shoulder and raising a firm, friendly fist with the other.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

励はげまし

hagemashi

encouragement

Example sentences

  1. 彼女かのじょは励はげましの言葉ことばは一言ひとことも発はっしなかった。

    She didn’t utter a single word of encouragement.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ウオーッ、みんなの励はげましをもらって俄然がぜんやる気きが出でてきたぞ!

    All right! Everybody around me is so encouraging I’m getting a rush of motivation.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. スクリプターをしていた内妻ないさいの励はげましで奮起ふんきし劇作集げきさくしゅうを読よみあさり再出発さいしゅっぱつを誓ちかう。

    Inspired by encouragement from his common-law wife who was a continuity supervisor, he read as many theater scripts as possible and vowed to start anew.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 励

  • 励encourage; be diligentOnレイKunはげむ・はげます

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