興

きょう
こう
interest
entertainment
pleasure

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きょう【興】

*interest

/íntərəst， -est/ 〖U〗〖C〗興趣

arouse ［excite］ one's interest (in...) (…への)興をそそる.

¶ → 興をそぐ

¶ → 興を添える

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きょう【興】

interest; fun; amusement; merriment; pleasure.

●興たけなわにして in the midst of the merriment.

●興がある be interesting; be fun

・興が乗る become deeply interested 《in…》; warm (up) 《to one's work》; get excited 《at [by]…》

・興がさめる one's fun is spoiled 《by…》; one's enthusiasm is dampened 《by…》; one's interest flags

・その事件でまったく興がさめてしまった. The incident took all the fun out of it. | We lost all our interest in it after the incident.

・子供たちはジェットコースターに何回乗っても興が尽きないようすだった. The delights of the roller coaster ride seemed never to pall on the children.

●興に乗って enjoying; 《do》 with enjoyment; driven by one's enthusiasm 《for…》 [enjoyment 《of…》, interest 《in…》]

・興に入る become deeply interested 《in…》; get all wrapped up 《in…》.

●興を添える add to the fun [enjoyment] 《of…》; heighten the interest 《of…》

・興をそそる amuse; interest; arouse one's interest; titillate

・興を尽くす enjoy 《an evening》 very much [to the full]

・興をさます[そぐ] spoil the fun 《of…》; dampen [chill, cool down] one's enthusiasm 《for…》; take the fun out of sth; put a damper on one's interest 《for…》 [enjoyment 《of…》]

・興をさます人 a killjoy; a spoilsport; a wet blanket.