激励

げきれい

encouragement

What does 激励 mean?

激励 is a Japanese noun meaning encouragement in English. It is written as 激励 in kanji, げきれい in hiragana, and gekirei in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

あなたの激励がなかったら、この計画は諦めていたでしょうね。

Without your encouragement, I should have given up the plan.