Stimulation
Encourage, Excite
noun, verbal noun
You have all these little stabs that are very fierce on you. They tingle like crazy. This is quite the stimulation on your body. *tingle tingle tingle.*
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. You learned this reading of 刺 already with 名刺, but here's a mnemonic in case it's not coming to you:
Stimulation for your sheep (し) is the best way to make its wool grow faster. All the woolliest sheep are stimulated daily with massages and exercise, if you think about. Sheep need stimulation!
周りに若い人が多いので、私も刺激を受けています。
Because there are so many young around me, it's stimulating for me too.
コウイチをこれ以上刺激しないで。何しでかすか分からないよ。
Don't provoke Koichi anymore. There is no knowing what he will do next.
彼女には会ったんだけど、お互いにいまいちピンと来なかったんだよな。俺としては、もうちょっと刺激的な女性の方がいいっていうかさ。
I met her, but we didn't really hit it off. For me, I'd rather have a woman who is a little more exciting.