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興味

興味

See also: 兴味

Chinese

 
interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular
taste
trad. (興味)
simp. (兴味)

Noun

興味

  1. interest

Japanese

Kanji in this term
きょう
Grade: 5

Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

興味 (hiragana きょうみ, romaji kyōmi)

  1. interest
     (なに)かに興味 (きょうみ) ()
    nanika ni kyōmi o motsu
    to take an interest in something
     (なに)かに興味 (きょうみ)がある
    nanika ni kyōmi ga aru
    to be interested in something

Synonyms

Compounds

  • 興味津々 (きょうみしんしん) (kyōmishinshin)
  • 興味本位 (きょうみほんい) (kyōmihon'i)
  • 興味深 (きょうみぶか) (kyōmibukai)

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

興味 (heungmi) (hangeul 흥미)

  1. Hanja form? of 흥미, “interest”.