interest

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
Noun: a reason for wanting something done
Noun: the power of attracting or holding one’s attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)
Noun: a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed
Noun: (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
Noun: (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims
Noun: a diversion that occupies one’s time and thoughts (usually pleasantly)
Verb: excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of
Verb: be on the mind of
Verb: be of importance or consequence

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

She showed great interest in the art exhibition.(彼女は美術展に大きな興味を示した。)
The bank offers a high interest rate on savings.(銀行は貯金に高い利息を提供している。)
His interest in science grew after the experiment.(実験後、彼の科学への興味が増した。)

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: an interest in music
Noun: for your sake
Noun: died for the sake of his country
Noun: in the interest of safety
Noun: in the common interest
Noun: they said nothing of great interest
Noun: primary colors can add interest to a room
Noun: how much interest do you pay on your mortgage?
Noun: they have interests all over the world
Noun: a stake in the company’s future
Noun: the iron interests stepped up production
Noun: sailing is her favorite pastime
Noun: his main pastime is gambling
Noun: he counts reading among his interests
Noun: they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits
Verb: I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift
Verb: This matters to me!

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): concern, interest, interest group, interestingness, involvement, matter to, occupy, pastime, pursuit, sake, stake, worry

Antonyms(反意語): bore, uninterestingness

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): arouse, benefit, curiosity, diversion, fixed charge, power, refer, share, social group

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): advantage, allotment, allowance, anger, antic, apply, bathing, body, celebration, congregation, control, cover charge, curiousness, cut, dancing, desire to know, dispensation, disposal, dole, draw, due, effectiveness, entertainment, escapade, escape, eurythmy, excite, fee, focus on, force, free will, fringe, fun, gambling, game, gathering, hurt, infatuate, inflame, influence, interest, invite, involve, irresistibility, jest, jewry, kin, kith, legal power, matter to, minority, moiety, movement, nightlife, nonalignment, organization, organized crime, overwhelm, pastime, persuasiveness, phylum, platoon, play, political system, potency, preponderance, prick, profit sharing, puissance, ration, rekindle, repellent, revolving door, sake, sector, set, shame, slice, society, split, sport, stimulate, stranglehold, strike a chord, subculture, sway, tranche, tribe, upset, valence, veto, way, wing

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): absorb, avocation, behalf, charisma, color, compound interest, concern, controlling interest, enthusiasm, equity, fascinate, fee, grubstake, insurable interest, intrigue, newsworthiness, reversion, right, security interest, shrillness, simple interest, special interest, terminable interest, topicality, undivided interest, vested interest

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: concern, interest, interesting, involve, occupation, pursue

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: economics, law, psychology

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun, uncountable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): inter

Suffixes(接尾辞): est

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検3級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: positive