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興味津々 (kyoumishinshin) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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興きょう
味み
津しん
々しん
だ
。
He is immensely curious about the new gadget.
The children watched the experiment with expressions of absorbing interest.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと〉 〉 に 興味津々きょうみしんしん だ to be keenly interested in something
He's absolutely fascinated by the new project.
興味津々きょうみしんしん の 表情ひょうじょう で with a look of keen interest
The children watched the experiment with looks of intense curiosity.
興味津々きょうみしんしん として 〈 動詞どうし〉 〉 doing something with keen curiosity
He listened to the story with great curiosity.
Kanji 興 entertain, revive, retrieve Related words 興味深い describes an object or topic as 'deeply interesting,' while 興味津々 describes a person's state of intense curiosity about it.
好奇心旺盛 describes a person's general trait of being full of curiosity, while 興味津々 usually describes keen interest in a specific thing or situation.
Written forms 興きょう 味み 津しん 々しん
Standard yojijukugo spelling; the most common written form.
興きょう 味み 津しん 津しん
Variant using the non-repeated kanji form of 津; less common but still seen.
興きょう 味み しんしん
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; sometimes used for readability or when the second kanji is avoided.
Etymology Combines 興味 “interest” with 津々, a reduplicated expression meaning “abundantly welling or overflowing.”
