02.Jun.2010 Stimulating

刺激 [しげき] – stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation

刺 [シ・さす] – to stab; to pierce

激 [ゲキ・はげしい] – violent; excited; enraged; incited

To get motivated to learn Japanese, you need to get stabbed, then get angry.  Apparently.

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