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stimulate

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Readings

On readingソク

Kun readingうなが.す

Jōyō Grade 8

to urge
to encourage
to press
to prompt
to draw (attention to)

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical人person 亻variant

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · leg · mouth (口) · mending · mend

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1373

Compound words

催促さいそく

pressing; urging; demanding; demand

促すうながす

to urge; to encourage; to press; to prompt; to draw (attention to)

促進するそくしんする

to promote

促進そくしん

promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on

促成そくせい

promotion of growth

督促とくそく

urge; demand; importunity

販促はんそく

sales promotion

促音そくおん

geminate consonant (small "tsu" in Japanese)

dun

forcing (plants, vegetables, etc.)

勤労者財産形成促進きんろうしゃざいさんけいせいそくしん

(workers) asset formation

特定非営利活動促進法とくていひえいりかつどうそくしんほう

Act on Promotion of Specified Non-profit Activities

Additional Examples

彼は彼女に注意して運転するようにと促した。

He urged her to drive carefully.tatoeba

この曲は眠りを促してくれます。

This music helps me to fall asleep.tatoeba

唾液の分泌を促す

They stimulate the secretion of saliva.wiki

受身で畳の上を転がることにより血行を促す。

Rolling on the tatami mat for ukemi (falling techniques) improves the blood circulation.wiki

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