興す|おこすokosu[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to revive; to promote; to make prosperous
  2. godan verb, transitive verbto establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up; to launch; to commence
Conjugation
Dictionary form興す(おこす)
Polite (masu)興します(おこします)
Negative (nai)興さない(おこさない)
polite (masen)興しません(おこしません)
classical zu / nu興さず・興さぬ(おこさず・おこさぬ)
Past (ta)興した(おこした)
polite (mashita)興しました(おこしました)
Past negative (nakatta)興さなかった(おこさなかった)
polite (masen deshita)興しませんでした(おこしませんでした)
Te form興して(おこして)
Potential興せる(おこせる)
Passive興される(おこされる)
Causative興させる(おこさせる)
Causative passive興させられる(おこさせられる)
Conditional (ba)興せば(おこせば)
tara興したら(おこしたら)
Volitional興そう(おこそう)
polite (mashou)興しましょう(おこしましょう)
Imperative興せ(おこせ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related設立せつりつNeutralFor newly founding a company, organization or institution, with the focus on the act of establishment itself; 「興す」 stresses making a business or nation flourish.
  • Antonym潰すつぶすNeutralTo ruin a business and force it to close down — the opposite of 「興す」 in its sense of revitalizing a business.
  • Antonym廃するはいするWrittenTo abolish or depose; opposed to the founding sense of 「興す」. A formal, written word.

Use 「興す」 for founding and building up a business or nation, as in 「事業を興す」「国を興す」. 「設立」 is for newly establishing a company or organization; 「潰す」 is the opposite, ruining a business; 「廃する」 is a formal word for abolishing or deposing.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 【興おこす】勢いきおいを盛さかんにする。
  2. 【興おこす】企業きぎょうなどを創業そうぎょうする。
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