激励 げきれい encouragement N1 #6,900 Meanings noun, takes する, transitive, takes の encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on) Its kanji 激 ゲキ · はげ.しい violent, get excited, enraged, chafe, incite 励 レイ · はげ.む、はげ.ます encourage, be diligent, inspire