yodan verb with 'ru' ending (archaic), intransitive verb
be resurrected; be revived; come back to life
Archaic intransitive verb meaning to return from the land of the dead (黄泉). The modern equivalent is 甦る (よみがえる).
See also: 甦る (よみがえる)
In the Kojiki, the word 黄泉帰る is used.
Compound of 黄泉 (yomi, 'land of the dead') + 帰る (kaeru, 'return'). The reading よみじがえる uses the archaic 黄泉路 (yomiji, 'road to Yomi') form.