日本語道場

Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji

N2

Meaningsentertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure
On'yomiコウ、キョウ
Kun'yomiおこ、おこ
Strokes16
Radical

Compounds

  • to vitalize (e.g. an industry), to invigorate, to energize, to revive

  • promotion, encouragement

Example sentences

  • In all the excitement the 30 minute show-time passed in a flash.

  • I'm not interested in apologetics.

  • She turned over the page with excitement.

  • Although they are twins, they have few interests in common.

  • They are interested in abstract reasoning.

  • Kamui no Ken was a sort of samurai/ninja story set during the transition of the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the re-establishment of Japan under the Emperor Meiji in 1868.

  • Local industry flourished throughout the land in the Edo period thanks to the promotional efforts by each clan.

  • The stadium was packed with excited spectators.