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Illustration of 余興

余興よきょう

よきょう yokyou Play N1 Noun

Meanings and examples

宴会などで、主な催しの合間に行う余分な出し物や演芸。 side show; entertainment

Example 1

忘年会の余興で大喜利をやることになった。

It's been decided that the entertainment for our year-end party will be a question-with-comical-improvised-answer session.

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Example 2

結婚式の余興で友人たちがダンスを披露した。

My friends performed a dance as entertainment at the wedding.

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Kanji breakdown

余

N3

too much; myself; surplus; other; remainder

On reading
ヨ
Kun reading
あま.る、あま.り、あま.す、あんま.り
Radical
人

興

N1

entertain; revive; retrieve; interest; pleasure

On reading
コウ、キョウ
Kun reading
おこ.る、おこ.す
Radical
臼
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余地

N1

よち

place; room; margin; scope

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余所見

N1

よそみ

looking away; looking aside

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余暇

N1

よか

leisure; leisure time; spare time

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復興

N1

ふっこう

revival; renaissance; reconstruction

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振興

N1

しんこう

promotion; encouragement