興こう奮ふん

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興奮する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

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

Meanings

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

excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal

Covers a range from positive excitement to nervous agitation or physiological arousal. Often used with する to mean 'get excited/agitated'.

試し合あいの前まえはいつも興こう奮ふんする。
I always get excited before a match.
彼かれの演えん説ぜつは聴ちょう衆しゅうを興こう奮ふんさせた。
His speech excited the audience.
興こう奮ふんして眠ねむれなかった。
I was too agitated to sleep.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に興こう奮ふんするto get excited about something
子こ供どもたちはプレゼントに興こう奮ふんした。
The kids got excited about the present.
興こう奮ふんを抑おさえるto suppress/control one's excitement
彼かれは興こう奮ふんを抑おさえて話はなし始はじめた。
He suppressed his excitement and began to speak.
興こう奮ふんが冷さめるfor excitement to die down/wear off
試し合あいが終おわると興こう奮ふんが冷さめた。
Once the game ended, the excitement died down.
興こう奮ふんのあまり〈動どう詞し〉to do something in the heat of excitement
興こう奮ふんのあまり大おお声ごえを出だしてしまった。
In his excitement, he ended up shouting.

Kanji

興entertain, revive, retrieve
奮stirred up, be invigorated, flourish
昂rise
亢high spirits

Related words· 17

緊きん張ちょうN4
緊張 is nervous tension or strain, usually with an anxious nuance, while 興奮 is a broader arousal that can be positive or negative.
感かん動どうN3
感動 is being emotionally moved or impressed by something touching, whereas 興奮 is more about heightened energy or agitation.
熱ねっ狂きょう
熱狂 describes frenzied, often collective enthusiasm (like a cheering crowd), while 興奮 covers a milder, more personal range of excitement.
動どう揺ようN1
動揺 is emotional shakiness or upset from being disturbed, carrying a more negative tone than the broader, sometimes positive 興奮.

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熱ねっするN3
興奮する is the general word for becoming excited, while 熱する (in its figurative sense) is often used specifically for debates or passionate arguments heating up.
スリルN1
興奮 is general excitement or agitation from any cause, while スリル specifically refers to the tense, suspenseful excitement of danger or risk.
激げきする
興奮する is the standard, neutral word for getting excited, whereas 激する implies a stronger, often angrier or more violent agitation.
刺し激げきN3
興奮 describes the resulting emotional excitement or agitation a person feels, while 刺激 is the external stimulus or exciting quality that causes it.
エキサイト
興奮 is the general, everyday word for becoming excited or agitated, while エキサイト is a casual loanword often used in media or informal speech for the same idea.
高こう揚よう
興奮 describes intense, often physical excitement or agitation, whereas 高揚 is a calmer, more sustained lifting of mood or morale.
ヒステリック
興奮 (as 興奮した) describes general excitement or agitation, whereas ヒステリック adds a note of irrational, out-of-control emotion.
ときめき
興奮 is a general, formal word for excitement or agitation of any kind, whereas ときめき is specifically the pleasant, often romantic flutter of the heart.
白はく熱ねつN1
興奮 refers to general excitement or arousal in a person, whereas 白熱 describes a collective atmosphere (like a debate or match) reaching a fever pitch.
ボルテージ
興奮 refers to a person's own state of being excited or agitated, whereas ボルテージ often describes the collective excitement level of a group or event.
発はつ情じょう
発情 is specifically sexual arousal/estrus, whereas 興奮 is a broader word for excitement or agitation that need not be sexual.
フィーバー
興奮 is a general word for excitement or arousal in any context, while フィーバー specifically suggests a widespread, trend-driven craze.
熱ねっ気きN1
興奮 focuses on the personal state of being excited or agitated, while 熱気 describes the collective excited atmosphere of a place or crowd.

Opposites

冷れい静せいN3
冷静 means calm and composed, the direct opposite of being in a state of 興奮.
頭あたまを冷ひやすN2
興奮する means to become excited or agitated, the opposite state from 頭を冷やす, which means to calm down from such agitation.

Don't confuse with

興きょうじるN1
興じる means to enjoy oneself in an activity, while 興奮する means to become emotionally excited or aroused; the shared kanji 興 can mislead learners.
興こう隆りゅう
興奮 (excitement) shares the kanji 興 with 興隆 (rise/prosperity) but has an entirely different meaning.
奮ふん起き
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.

Word family· 7

興こう奮ふん剤ざい
stimulant
興こう奮ふん性せい
excitability; irritability
興こう奮ふん薬やく
stimulant drug
性せい的てき興こう奮ふん
sexual arousal; sexual excitation
興こう奮ふん気ぎ味み
somewhat excited; a bit agitated

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興こう奮ふん状じょう態たい
excited state; state of excitement
興こう奮ふん性せい細さい胞ぼう
excitable cell

Written forms

興こう奮ふんUsage95%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
昂こう奮ふんUsage4%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
コーフンUsage1%
search-only kana form
こうふんUsage1%
Kana spelling is common in casual writing and when the kanji is not needed.
亢こう奮ふんUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound of 興 “rise; flourish” and 奮 “rouse; stir up,” referring to a heightened or agitated state.