noun, used as a suffix
development; revitalization; promotion
Suffix attached to nouns indicating an effort to develop, revitalize, or promote something, e.g., 町興し (town revitalization), 村興し (village development). Often written 興し.
この町では町興しのイベントが盛んだ。
In this town, events for town revitalization are thriving.
村興しのために新しい特産品を開発
We developed a new local specialty for village development.
noun
Nominal form of 起こす meaning the act of standing something up or raising it. Often used in compound nouns like 旗起こし (flag raising) or 柱起こし (pillar raising).
倒れた看板の起こし作業が始まった。
The work of standing up the fallen signboard began.
noun
Nominal form of 起こす meaning waking someone up. Can be used in contexts like 早起き (early rising) or 目覚まし (alarm), but standalone use is less common.
彼は毎朝、子供の起こし役をしている。
Every morning, he plays the role of waking up the children.
noun
Nominal form of 起こす in the agricultural sense of tilling or plowing a rice field. Typically used in farming contexts.
田起こしは春の大切な農作業だ。
Tilling the rice field is an important spring farming task.
noun
drawing a card from the draw pile
In hanafuda, the act of drawing a card from the draw pile. A specialized term used in card game contexts.
花札では、手札が悪いときは起こしに頼るしかない。
In hanafuda, when you have a bad hand, you have no choice but to rely on drawing from the pile.
起こし is the nominalized form of the verb 起こす (to raise, wake, cause, etc.). While 起こす is a transitive verb with many meanings, 起こし is used as a noun or suffix with more specific, often compound-oriented senses.
Nominalized form of the verb 起こす (okosu), meaning 'to raise, wake, cause, etc.' The suffix sense 'development/revitalization' is an extension of the idea of 'raising up' a community or project.