興味津々

Japanese

Kanji in this term
興	味	津	津
きょう Grade: 5	み Grade: 3	しん Grade: S	しん Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

興味(きょうみ) (kyōmi, “interest”) + 津々(しんしん) (shinshin, “overflowing”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きょーみ・しんしん [kyóꜜòmì shìńshíń] (Atamadaka + Heiban – [1]-[0])^[1]

Adjective

興(きょう)味(み)津(しん)々(しん) • (kyōmishinshin) ^†-tari (adnominal 興(きょう)味(み)津(しん)々(しん)とした (kyōmishinshin to shita) or 興(きょう)味(み)津(しん)々(しん)たる (kyōmishinshin taru), adverbial 興(きょう)味(み)津(しん)々(しん)と (kyōmishinshin to) or 興(きょう)味(み)津(しん)々(しん)として (kyōmishinshin to shite))

being very interested

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[NHK16-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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