Illustration: At an open rehearsal in a neighborhood music room, a skilled violinist plays an energetic passage while a young beginner watches from a nearby chair.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

刺し激げき

shigeki

stimulus, motivation

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしはその講義こうぎには本当ほんとうに刺激しげきを受うけた。

    That lecture really stimulated me.

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  2. 昇進しょうしんがより一層働いっそうはたらく刺激しげきとなった。

    Promotion was an incentive to harder work.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 金利きんりが低下ていかしたことが自動車じどうしゃの市場しじょうを刺激しげきした。

    Falling interest rates have stimulated the automobile market.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 刺激

  • 刺thorn; pierceOnシKunさす・ささる・さし
  • 激violent; get excitedOnゲキKunはげしい

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