Illustration: Inside a small bicycle workshop converted from an empty neighborhood garage, two founders welcome their very first customer. One kneels to receive a child's bicycle while the other proudly presents their newly arranged workbench.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

興おこす

okosu

to establish, to found

Used for founding an organization, business, or family line. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 店みせを興おこす

    found a store

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. しかし、養子ようしの話はなしは破談はだんとなり、この際さいに新あらたに一家いっかを興おこした。

    However, the adoption was broken off, and he took the opportunity to build a new family.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 柔術じゅうじゅつはおおむね、江戸時代えどじだいまでに興おこされた徒手武術としゅぶじゅつをさす。

    Roughly speaking, jujutsu means the unarmed martial arts established before the Edo period.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 興

  • 興entertain; reviveOnコウ・キョウKunおこる・おこす

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