いかす

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Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of いかす – see the following entry.
【生かす】
to bring to life, to revive, to resuscitate
to let live, to spare (one's life)
to make full use of (something), to capitalise on, to leverage (skills and etc)
Alternative spelling
活かす
(This term, いかす (ikasu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

From 行(い)かす (ikasu, “to make go”, causative of 行(い)く (iku)).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

いかす or イカす • (ikasu) godan (stem いかし (ikashi), past いかした (ikashita))

  1. (slang) to be cool
Conjugation
Conjugation of "いかす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") いかさ ikasa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") いかし ikashi
Shūshikei ("terminal") いかす ikasu
Rentaikei ("attributive") いかす ikasu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") いかせ ikase
Meireikei ("imperative") いかせ ikase
Key constructions
Passive いかされる ikasareru
Causative いかさせる
いかさす 		ikasaseru
ikasasu
Potential いかせる ikaseru
Volitional いかそう ikasō
Negative いかさない ikasanai
Negative continuative いかさず ikasazu
Formal いかします ikashimasu
Perfective いかした ikashita
Conjunctive いかして ikashite
Hypothetical conditional いかせば ikaseba

Etymology 3

Alternative spelling
行かす

Pronunciation

Verb

いかす • (ikasu) ←いかす (ikasu)?

  1. causative of いく (iku): to make go
Conjugation
Conjugation of "いかす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") いかさ ikasa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") いかし ikashi
Shūshikei ("terminal") いかす ikasu
Rentaikei ("attributive") いかす ikasu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") いかせ ikase
Meireikei ("imperative") いかせ ikase
Key constructions
Passive いかされる ikasareru
Causative いかさせる
いかさす 		ikasaseru
ikasasu
Potential いかせる ikaseru
Volitional いかそう ikasō
Negative いかさない ikasanai
Negative continuative いかさず ikasazu
Formal いかします ikashimasu
Perfective いかした ikashita
Conjunctive いかして ikashite
Hypothetical conditional いかせば ikaseba

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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