Onyomi: キョウ, コウ · Kunyomi: おこ.す, おこ.る · Meanings: entertain, interest, pleasure, retrieve, revive
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 興 | きょう | interest, entertainment, pleasure | common Noun |
| 粔籹 | おこし | millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, soybeans, etc.) | Noun |
| 興味 | きょうみ | interest (in something), curiosity (about something), zest (for) | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 興奮 | こうふん | excitement, stimulation, agitation, arousal | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 興行 | こうぎょう | show, performance, act | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 興味深い | きょうみぶかい | very interesting, of great interest | common I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 興味津々 | きょうみしんしん | very interesting, of absorbing interest, having a keen interest (in), being immensely curious (about) | common Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', 'taru' adjective, Adverb taking the 'to' particle |
| 興業 | こうぎょう | promotion of industry, inauguration of a new industrial enterprise | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb |
| 興じる | きょうじる | to amuse oneself, to make merry | JLPT-N1 Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |
| 興味ない | きょうみない | uninterested (in), having no interest (in) | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
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