What does 奨励 mean?
奨励 is a Japanese noun meaning “encouragement, promotion” in English. It is written as 奨励 in kanji, しょうれい in hiragana, and shourei in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.
Example sentence
人々はフットボールをするように奨励さえされたのです。
People were even encouraged to play football.