激励(げきれい)

げきれい
noun, verb (suru)
encouragement, urging on
1. encouragement, urging on
Strong encouragement or rallying of someone to keep going or try harder. Stronger and more forceful than simple 応援.
選手(せんしゅ)を激励(げきれい)した。
I encouraged the athletes.
監督(かんとく)の激励(げきれい)でチームが奮起(ふんき)した。
The team was fired up by the coach's encouragement.
社長(しゃちょう)が現場(げんば)を訪(おとず)れ、社員(しゃいん)たちを激励(げきれい)して回(まわ)った。
The company president visited the work sites and went around encouraging the employees.

USAGE: 激励(げきれい) implies a more forceful, spirited form of encouragement than 応援(おうえん) or 励(はげ)まし. It often comes from a superior or leader to those under them.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 激励(げきれい)の言葉(ことば): words of encouragement
  • 激励(げきれい)する: to encourage, to rally
  • 激励(げきれい)を受(う)ける: to receive encouragement
  • 激励(げきれい)会(かい): pep rally, encouragement gathering
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