奮ふん起き

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奮起する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	奮ふん起きする	奮ふん起きしない
Polite	奮ふん起きします	奮ふん起きしません
Past polite	奮ふん起きしました	奮ふん起きしませんでした
Past	奮ふん起きした	奮ふん起きしなかった
Te-form	奮ふん起きして	奮ふん起きしないで
Desire	奮ふん起きしたい	奮ふん起きしたくない
Potential	奮ふん起きできる	奮ふん起きできない
Passive	奮ふん起きされる	奮ふん起きされない
Causative	奮ふん起きさせる	奮ふん起きさせない
Causative passive	奮ふん起きさせられる	奮ふん起きさせられない
Volitional	奮ふん起きしよう
Polite volitional	奮ふん起きしましょう
Imperative	奮ふん起きしろ	奮ふん起きするな
Conditional	奮ふん起きすれば	奮ふん起きしなければ
Tara conditional	奮ふん起きしたら	奮ふん起きしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

stirring oneself; rousing oneself; mustering energy

Used when someone gathers determination or energy to take action, often after a period of hesitation or difficulty. Common in motivational or formal contexts.

失しっ敗ぱいから奮ふん起きして、もう一いち度ど挑ちょう戦せんした。
He roused himself from failure and tried again.
社しゃ員いんの奮ふん起きを促うながすスピーチだった。
It was a speech urging the employees to stir themselves into action.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に奮ふん起きするto be spurred into action by something
彼かれは敗はい北ぼくに奮ふん起きして、毎まい日にち練れん習しゅうに励はげんだ。
Spurred on by his defeat, he threw himself into daily practice.
〈人ひと〉に奮ふん起きを促うながすto urge someone to rouse themselves to action
監かん督とくは選せん手しゅたちに奮ふん起きを促うながした。
The coach urged the players to rouse themselves and fight harder.
奮ふん起きして〈動どう詞し〉to rouse oneself and (do something)
彼かれは奮ふん起きして、朝あさから晩ばんまで勉べん強きょうを始はじめた。
He roused himself and began studying from morning till night.
〈人ひと〉の奮ふん起きを期き待たいするto hope for someone's renewed determination
監かん督とくは彼かれの奮ふん起きを期き待たいしている。
The coach is hoping he'll find renewed drive.

Kanji

奮stirred up, be invigorated, flourish
起rouse, wake up, get up

Related words

発はっ奮ぷん
発奮 often implies a sudden burst of motivation triggered by an external stimulus, while 奮起 emphasizes one's own inner resolve and sustained effort to take action.
決けっ起き
決起 refers to rising up, often collectively and for a cause or protest, while 奮起 is about an individual quietly gathering the will to try harder.
奮ふるうN1
奮起する is a formal, deliberate Sino-Japanese verb meaning to rouse oneself to action, whereas 奮う is a native verb usable transitively (勇気を奮う) or in more literary intransitive contexts (士気が奮う).
鼓こ舞ぶ
奮起 is an intransitive noun/suru-verb meaning 'rousing oneself to action,' whereas 鼓舞 is transitive and involves inspiring others.
奮ふん発ぱつN1
奮起 means rousing oneself emotionally to act, while 奮発 (sense 1) focuses on putting in an extra burst of effort on a task.

Opposites

意い気き消しょう沈ちん
意気消沈 describes falling into dejection and losing all motivation, the opposite state from 奮起, which is gathering fresh energy and resolve.

Don't confuse with

奮ふん闘とうN2
奮闘 describes the ongoing struggle or hard fight itself, while 奮起 refers to the initial moment of steeling one's resolve before that struggle begins.
興こう奮ふんN2
興奮 means excitement or being emotionally worked up, a quite different feeling from 奮起, which specifically means marshaling one's resolve to act, despite sharing the kanji 奮.
鼓こ舞ぶ
鼓舞 means to inspire or encourage someone else into action, whereas 奮起 is about rousing one's own will.

Word family

奮ふん起き一いち番ばん
rousing oneself to action; tackling something with gusto

Etymology

Compound of 奮 (stir up, rouse) and 起 (rise, get up). The combination conveys the idea of rousing oneself to rise and act.