興行|こうぎょうkougyou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbshow; performance; act
    それは大成功だいせいこうで長期ちょうき興行こうぎょうになった。↗
    It was a great success, ending in a long run.
  2. nounentertainment industry; show business
Conjugation
Dictionary form興行する(こうぎょうする)
Polite (masu)興行します(こうぎょうします)
Negative (nai)興行しない(こうぎょうしない)
polite (masen)興行しません(こうぎょうしません)
classical zu / nu興行せず・興行せぬ(こうぎょうせず・こうぎょうせぬ)
Past (ta)興行した(こうぎょうした)
polite (mashita)興行しました(こうぎょうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)興行しなかった(こうぎょうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)興行しませんでした(こうぎょうしませんでした)
Te form興行して(こうぎょうして)
Potential興行できる(こうぎょうできる)
Passive興行される(こうぎょうされる)
Causative興行させる(こうぎょうさせる)
Causative passive興行させられる(こうぎょうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)興行すれば(こうぎょうすれば)
tara興行したら(こうぎょうしたら)
Volitional興行しよう(こうぎょうしよう)
polite (mashou)興行しましょう(こうぎょうしましょう)
Imperative興行しろ(こうぎょうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym上演じょうえんWrittenWritten register: staging a play or other work before an audience. 興行 stresses running shows as a profit-making business.
  • Synonym公演こうえんNeutralNeutral. A performance open to the public, as in 「全国公演」; 興行 leans toward commercial shows and the box office.
  • Related実演じつえんNeutralNeutral. Actually performing or demonstrating something live on the spot; 興行 is a commercial show event.
  • Related見世物みせものCasualColloquial. Fee-charging sideshows and spectacles — one kind of 興行 — and figuratively something a crowd gawks at.
  • RelatedショーCasualColloquial loanword for a show or performance; 興行 emphasizes the profit-making business of running shows.
  • Related演芸えんげいWrittenWritten. Mass-appeal performing arts such as rakugo and kodan; 興行 refers to the business of staging shows.
  • Related上映じょうえいNeutralNeutral. The screening of a film for an audience; 興行 includes the box-office side, as in 「興行収入」.
  • Related演芸会えんげいかいWrittenWritten. An entertainment event of songs, dances and comedy laid on for an audience; 興行 leans toward commercial shows.

Use 「興行」 for profit-making shows and sporting events, as in 「興行収入」. For performances open to the public pick 「公演」, for staging a play 「上演」, for screening a film 「上映」, and for a show 「ショー」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 観客かんきゃくを集あつめ、営利えいり目的もくてきで演劇えんげき・映画えいが・スポーツなどを催もよおすこと。また、その催もよおし。
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