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Motivation
動機 is a common word for motivation in Japanese and Korean.
In Chinese, it can have some bad connotations - so it's safer if your target audience is Japanese or Korean.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
促動 促动 see styles |
cù dòng cu4 dong4 ts`u tung tsu tung |
to motivate |
拉動 拉动 see styles |
lā dòng la1 dong4 la tung |
to pull; (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity); to motivate (people to do something) |
モチベート see styles |
mochibeeto モチベート |
motivation; motivate |
気合をいれる see styles |
kiaioireru きあいをいれる |
(exp,v1) (1) to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to motivate oneself; (2) to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse |
気合を入れる see styles |
kiaioireru きあいをいれる |
(exp,v1) (1) to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to motivate oneself; (2) to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse |
発破をかける see styles |
happaokakeru はっぱをかける |
(exp,v1) (1) to set off an explosive; (2) to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words |
発破を掛ける see styles |
happaokakeru はっぱをかける |
(exp,v1) (1) to set off an explosive; (2) to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words |
気合いをいれる see styles |
kiaioireru きあいをいれる |
(exp,v1) (1) to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to motivate oneself; (2) to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse |
気合いを入れる see styles |
kiaioireru きあいをいれる |
(exp,v1) (1) to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to motivate oneself; (2) to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse |
Variations: |
happaokakeru(happao掛keru); happaokakeru(発破okakeru, 発破o掛keru) ハッパをかける(ハッパを掛ける); はっぱをかける(発破をかける, 発破を掛ける) |
(exp,v1) (1) (kana only) to set off an explosive; (exp,v1) (2) (kana only) to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words |
Variations: |
kiaioireru きあいをいれる |
(exp,v1) (1) to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to motivate oneself; (exp,v1) (2) to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse |
Variations: |
butamoodateryakininoboru(豚moodaterya木ni登ru, 豚mo煽terya木ni登ru); butamoodateryakininoboru(butamoodaterya木ni登ru) ぶたもおだてりゃきにのぼる(豚もおだてりゃ木に登る, 豚も煽てりゃ木に登る); ブタもおだてりゃきにのぼる(ブタもおだてりゃ木に登る) |
(exp,v5r) (proverb) flattery will motivate anyone; flattery can do wonders; even a pig will climb up a tree if flattered |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Motivation | 動機 动机 | dou ki / douki / do ki | dòng jī / dong4 ji1 / dong ji / dongji | tung chi / tungchi |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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