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興亡 - Japanese Word of the Day | VN Club

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興(こう)亡(ぼう)

Rank #72,194

Found in 20 VNs · 102 total media

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Meanings

rise and fall
ups and downs

Pitch accent

Forms

興亡

100.0%

こうぼう

Example Sentences

from Jiten

そして先代らのなぞった太極座の歴史生誕、末期、その興亡。

Source: Kajiri Kamui Kagura

この時代は、あちらこちらで国の興亡があった。

Source: Souten † Koihime -Shigen no Ou-

「古代ローマ帝国の興亡、数学、万葉集に、サバンナの生き物図鑑？」

Source: Secret Agent

Kanji

興

entertain, interest, pleasure, retrieve, revive

Heisig: entertain

N1Grade 516 strokes#490 freq

On'yomi

キョウ、コウ

Kun'yomi

おこ.す、おこ.る

Common Compounds

振興(しんこう)promotion, encouragement

興味(きょうみ)interest (in something), curiosity (about something), zest (for)

亢奮

Conjugations

Noun

Plain興亡だ

Is (plain)

Polite興亡です

Is (polite)

Negative興亡じゃない

Is not (plain)

Past興亡だった

Was (plain)

Past polite興亡でした

Was (polite)

Te-form興亡で

Connective

Conditional興亡なら(ば)

If it is

As subject興亡が

Subject marker

As topic興亡は

Topic marker

As object興亡を

Object marker

Possessive興亡の

Of / belonging to

Related VNDB Tags

Tags common across the top 50 VNs where this word appears most

Tactician Heroinein 3 VNs Onna Bugeisha Heroinein 4 VNs Leader Heroinein 3 VNs Asian-style Palacein 2 VNs Onmyouji Heroinein 2 VNs Ninja Protagonistin 2 VNs Heroine Based on Real Personin 3 VNs

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Recent Words

無芸

むげいadj-na · adj-noApr 18

lacking talent; lacking accomplishments

上塗り

うわぬりn · vsApr 17

final coat (of paint, plaster, varnish, etc.); finish; glazing

南京

ナンキンn · n-prefApr 16

Nanjing (China); Nanking

Word data and example sentences provided by Jiten.

Kanji details and compound words from KanjiAPI. Visual novel data from VNDB.

Dictionary data from JMdict, KANJIDIC, and JMnedict, property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used in conformance with the Group’s licence.

こうぼう○

Most found in

YU-NO - The Girl that Chants Love at the Edge of the World

2 occurrences

Most found in

YU-NO - The Girl that Chants Love at the Edge of the World

2 occurrences

(こうふん)

excitement, stimulation, agitation

新興(しんこう)rising, developing, emergent

興す(おこす)to establish (e.g. a company), to build up, to set up

御輿(みこし)mikoshi, portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals

興業(こうぎょう)promotion of industry, inauguration of a new industrial enterprise

復興(ふっこう)revival, reconstruction, restoration

亡

deceased, dying, perish, the late

Heisig: deceased

N2Grade 63 strokes#619 freq

On'yomi

ボウ、モウ

Kun'yomi

な.い、な.き-、ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす

Common Compounds

死亡(しぼう)death, dying, mortality

亡骸(なきがら)remains, corpse, (dead) body

滅亡(めつぼう)downfall, ruin, collapse

亡命(ぼうめい)fleeing from one's country, seeking asylum, defection

亡くす(なくす)to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)

亡びる(ほろびる)to go to ruin, to go under, to fall

亡くなる(なくなる)to die, to pass away

存亡(そんぼう)life or death, existence, destiny

Steampunk

in 2 VNs

to be discouraged (from doing something); to have one's enthusiasm dampened

愛想が尽きる

あいそがつきるexp · v1Apr 14

to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with

唆す

そそのかすv5s · vtApr 13

to instigate; to tempt; to entice