This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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奨励

しょうれい
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
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励む

v5m
はげむ
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
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励ます

はげます
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
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激励

げきれい
encouragement
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励起

れいき
(electrical) excitation
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警覚策励

けいかくさくれい
Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter)
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励磁

れいじ
excitation
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励み

はげみ
(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive
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励み合い

はげみあい
competition; emulation; rivalry
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励み合う

v5u
はげみあう
to vie with another; to emulate each other