興味【きょうみ】
interest (in something), curiosity (about something), zest (for)
振興【しんこう】
promotion, encouragement
復興【ふっこう】
revival, reconstruction, restoration, rebuilding, recovery, renaissance
新興【しんこう】
rising, developing, emergent, burgeoning, new
興奮【こうふん】
excitement, stimulation, agitation, arousal
興行【こうぎょう】
show, performance, act, entertainment industry, show business
興業【こうぎょう】
promotion of industry, inauguration of a new industrial enterprise
即興【そっきょう】
improvisation, improvised, impromptu, extempore, ad-lib, off-the-cuff
興味深い【きょうみぶかい】
very interesting, of great interest
興味津々【きょうみしんしん】
very interesting, of absorbing interest, having a keen interest (in), being immensely curious (about)
興隆【こうりゅう】
rise, prosperity
興す【おこす】
to vitalize (e.g. an industry), to invigorate, to energize, to revive, to promote, to make prosperous, to establish (e.g. a company), to build up, to set up, to launch, to commence
興信所【こうしんじょ】
detective agency, enquiry agency