• 興きょう

  interest, entertainment, pleasure

• 興隆こうりゅう

  rise, prosperity

• 興奮こうふん

  excitement, stimulation, agitation, arousal

• 興味きょうみ

  interest (in something), curiosity (about something), zest (for)

• 興業こうぎょう

  promotion of industry, inauguration of a new industrial enterprise

• 興行こうぎょう

  show, performance, act

• 興すおこす

  to vitalize (e.g. an industry), to invigorate, to energize, to revive, to promote, to make prosperous

• 振興しんこう

  promotion, encouragement

• 即興そっきょう

  improvisation

• 復興ふっこう

  revival, reconstruction, restoration, rebuilding, recovery, renaissance

• 新興しんこう

  rising, developing, emergent, burgeoning, new

• 興信所こうしんじょ

  detective agency, enquiry agency

• 興味深いきょうみぶかい

  very interesting, of great interest

• 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)

• 興産こうさん

  industry, industries

• 興るおこる

  to rise, to flourish

• 興銀こうぎん

  industrial bank

• 興趣きょうしゅ

  interest (in something)

• 興亡こうぼう

  rise and fall, ups and downs

• 興替こうたい

  rise and fall (of nations)

• 興収こうしゅう

  box-office takings, box-office revenue

• 興盛こうせい

  prosperity, flourishing, thriving

• 興敗こうはい

  rise and fall (of nations), destiny

• 興亜こうあ

  raising Asia, development of Asia, making Asia prosper

• 興新こうしん

  Kōshin (Japanese industrial machinery designer)

• 興起こうき

  rise, ascendency, aroused energy, high-spirited action

• 興国こうこく

  making a country prosperous, prosperous country

• 座興ざきょう

  entertainment (at a party), amusement, fun, trick

• 詩興しきょう

  poetic inspiration

• 秋興しゅうきょう

  the pleasantness of autumn

• 感興かんきょう

  interest, fun, inspiration

• 余興よきょう

  performance (at a party or banquet, etc.), side show, entertainment

• 遊興ゆうきょう

  merrymaking (esp. wine and women), pleasures

• 勃興ぼっこう

  sudden rise to power, sudden rise in prosperity

• 一興いっきょう

  amusement, fun, brief entertainment

• 春興しゅんきょう

  enjoyment of spring, interest in spring

• 不興ふきょう

  displeasure, ill humour, ill humor, pique

• 中興ちゅうこう

  restoration, revival, resurgence

• 酒興しゅきょう

  merrymaking

• 割興わりこう

  discount industrial bank bond

• 作興さっこう

  promoting, arousing

• 再興さいこう

  revival, restoration, resuscitation

• 興奮剤こうふんざい

  stimulant

• 興奮薬こうふんやく

  stimulant drug

• 興行師こうぎょうし

  showman, show manager

• 興奮性こうふんせい

  excitability, irritability

• 興行界こうぎょうかい

  entertainment world

• 興じるきょうじる

  to amuse oneself, to make merry

• 興ずるきょうずる

  to amuse oneself, to make merry

• 興信録こうしんろく

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