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奮起 (ふんき, funki) Japanese meaning: stirring oneself | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 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
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He roused himself from failure and tried again.
It was a speech urging the employees to stir themselves into action.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 に 奮ふん 起き する to be spurred into action by something
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
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)
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
The coach is hoping he'll find renewed drive.
Kanji 奮 stirred up, be invigorated, flourish Related words 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).
奮起 is an intransitive noun/suru-verb meaning 'rousing oneself to action,' whereas 鼓舞 is transitive and involves inspiring others.
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.
Don't confuse with 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.
鼓舞 means to inspire or encourage someone else into action, whereas 奮起 is about rousing one's own will.
Etymology Compound of 奮 (stir up, rouse) and 起 (rise, get up). The combination conveys the idea of rousing oneself to rise and act.
