Japanese symbol for “resuscitate”
生かす
いかす
Romaji: ikasu
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to capitalise on (experience, etc.)
In Japanese, resuscitate is 生かす, read いかす (ikasu).
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Meanings
- v5s, vt to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to capitalise on (experience, etc.)
- v5s, vt to let live; to keep alive
- v5s, vt to revive; to resuscitate; to bring back to life
- v5s, vt to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
Written forms: 生かす、活かす. Readings: いかす.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “resuscitate”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 意識を回復する | いしきをかいふくする ishikiokaifukusuru | to resuscitate; to revive; to regain consciousness |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生活 | せいかつ seikatsu | life; living |
| 先生 | せんせい sensei | teacher; instructor; master |
| 人生 | じんせい jinsei | (one's) life |
| 学生 | がくせい gakusei | student (esp. a university student) |
| 発生 | はっせい hassei | occurrence; incidence; outbreak |
| 誕生 | たんじょう tanjou | birth (of a person); nativity |
See also: Chinese symbol for “resuscitate”.
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.