刺激 — meaning in English
shigeki
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English meaning
- excite verb To stir up strong feelings in someone, especially enthusiasm or eagerness.
- incentive noun Something that motivates or encourages a particular action.
- spur noun A spiked device worn on a rider's boot heel to urge a horse forward.
- stimulate verb To encourage activity, growth, or interest.
- stimulation noun The act of encouraging activity or response, or the state of being encouraged.
- stimulus noun Something that triggers a reaction or response.
Senses
刺激 is used for these senses in English:
- excite (transitive) To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
- incentive Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
- spur (figurative) Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
- stimulation A pushing or goading toward action. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
- stimulus An external phenomenon that has an influence on a system, by triggering or modifying an internal phenomenon; for example, a spur or incentive that drives a person to take action or change behaviour.
excite — full definition
- verb To stir up strong feelings in someone, especially enthusiasm or eagerness.
- verb In physics, to push an electron up to a higher energy level, or to energize a magnet so it produces a field.