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“To kill someone's enthusiasm” in Japanese

Short answer
出鼻を折る debanawooru debanawooru

To kill someone's enthusiasm in Japanese is “出鼻を折る” (debanawooru). Full meaning: to spoil someone's start, to kill someone's enthusiasm, to take the wind out of someone's sails.

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