興を冷ます

きょうをさます

to be a wet-blanket, to spoil a person's pleasure

工業を興す

こうぎょうをおこす

to promote industry

興す

おこす

to establish (e.g. company), to build up, to set up, to promote, to vitalize, to revive

一家を成す

いっかをなす

to establish a school of, to make a home of one's own

家を外にする

いえをそとにする

to be out of the house often; to spend little time at home; to go out a lot

家を継ぐ

いえをつぐ

to succeed to a house

家を畳む

いえをたたむ

to shut up one's house

興味を持つ

きょうみをもつ

to have an interest

興味を引く

きょうみをひく

to attract interest, to arouse someone's interest

不興を買う

ふきょうをかう

to fall into disgrace with, to incur someone's displeasure

興

きょう こう

interest, entertainment, pleasure

すき家

すきや

Sukiya (gyudon restaurant chain)

家を空ける

いえをあける うちをあける

to be away from home, to be out of the house

家を建てる

いえをたてる

to build a house

家庭を持つ

かていをもつ

to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children), to raise a family

興味をそそる

きょうみをそそる

to arouse someone's interest, to whet (appetite), to be appealing, to be intriguing, to be fascinating

勃興

ぼっこう

sudden rise to power, sudden rise in prosperity

興銀

こうぎん

industrial bank

春興

しゅんきょう

enjoyment of spring, interest in spring