活

Meaning

活 centers on the idea of life and vitality: being lively, active, or living. The resuscitation and being helped senses are natural extensions of restoring life or energy.

• 生活せいかつ
  N5

  life; living

• 活動かつどう
  N3

  activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation

• 活躍かつやく
  N3

  activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation

• 復活ふっかつ
  N1

  revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; comeback

• 活用かつよう
  N3

  practical use; application; making good use of; putting to good use; capitalizing on

• 活性かっせい

  activity

• 活発かっぱつ
  N2

  lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk

• 部活ぶかつ

  club activities; extracurricular activities

• 就活しゅうかつ

  job hunting; job searching

• 食生活しょくせいかつ
  N1

  eating habits; diet; dietary pattern

• 私生活しせいかつ

  private life

• 活力かつりょく
  N2

  vitality; energy; dynamism

• 活気かっき
  N3

  energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life; animation

• 活字かつじ
  N2

  (piece of) type; movable type; moveable type; printing type

• 快活かいかつ

  cheerful; lively; lighthearted

• 死活しかつ

  life and death; life or death

• 活路かつろ

  means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty

• 活況かっきょう

  activity; briskness; prosperity

• 自活じかつ
  N1

  self-support

• 活動家かつどうか

  activist

• クラブ活動クラブかつどう
  N3

  club activities (usu. clubs in association with a school); extracurricular activities

• 日常生活にちじょうせいかつ
  N3

  everyday life; daily life

• 生活費せいかつひ
  N3

  living expenses

• 新生活しんせいかつ

  new life; fresh start; new routine

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