生かす

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
活かす

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "生かす"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
生かす
Imperative (命令形) 生かせ
Key constructions
Passive 生かされる かされ
Causative 生かさせる かさせ
Potential 生かせる かせ
Volitional 生かそう かそ
Negative 生かさない かさない
Negative perfective 生かさなかった かさなかった
Formal 生かします かしま
Perfective 生かした した
Conjunctive 生かして して
Hypothetical conditional 生かせば せば

Verb

()かす (ikasutransitive godan (stem ()かし (ikashi), past ()かした (ikashita))

Japanese verb pair
active 生かす
mediopassive 生きる
  1. to bring to life, to revive, to resuscitate
  2. to let live, to spare (one's life)
  3. to make full use of (something), to capitalise on, to leverage (skills and etc)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN