Japanese symbol for “animate”
活気づける
かっきづける
Romaji: kakkizukeru
to animate; to liven up; to cheer up
In Japanese, animate is 活気づける, read かっきづける (kakkizukeru).
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Meanings
- v1, vt to animate; to liven up; to cheer up
Written forms: 活気づける、活気付ける. Readings: かっきづける.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “animate”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 有生 | うしょう ushou | animate |
| 花を咲かせる | はなをさかせる hanaosakaseru | to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生活 | せいかつ seikatsu | life; living |
| 活動 | かつどう katsudou | activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation |
| 活躍 | かつやく katsuyaku | activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation |
| 復活 | ふっかつ fukkatsu | revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return |
| 活用 | かつよう katsuyou | practical use; application; making good use of |
| 活発 | かっぱつ kappatsu | lively; active; vigorous |
| 気持ち | きもち kimochi | feeling; sensation; mood |
| 人気 | にんき ninki | popularity; public favor |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.