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Illustration of 興じる

興きょうじる

きょうじる kyoujiru Play N1 Ichidan verb Intransitive

興味を持って楽しむ。 to amuse oneself; to make merry

Example 1

子どもたちは庭で雪合戦に興じている。

The children are enjoying a snowball fight in the garden.

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Example 2

彼は昔話に興じ、夜が更けるのも忘れていた。

He was absorbed in telling old tales and forgot how late it had become.

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Kanji breakdown

興

N1

entertain; revive; retrieve; interest; pleasure

On reading
コウ、キョウ
Kun reading
おこ.る、おこ.す
Radical
臼
Illustration of 余興
N1

よきょう

side show; entertainment

Illustration of 復興
N1

ふっこう

revival; renaissance; reconstruction

Illustration of 振興
N1

しんこう

promotion; encouragement

Illustration of 新興
N1

しんこう

rising; developing; emergent

Illustration of 興奮
N1

こうふん

excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal