再さい現げん

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再現する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	再さい現げんする	再さい現げんしない
Polite	再さい現げんします	再さい現げんしません
Past polite	再さい現げんしました	再さい現げんしませんでした
Past	再さい現げんした	再さい現げんしなかった
Te-form	再さい現げんして	再さい現げんしないで
Desire	再さい現げんしたい	再さい現げんしたくない
Potential	再さい現げんできる	再さい現げんできない
Passive	再さい現げんされる	再さい現げんされない
Causative	再さい現げんさせる	再さい現げんさせない
Causative passive	再さい現げんさせられる	再さい現げんさせられない
Volitional	再さい現げんしよう
Polite volitional	再さい現げんしましょう
Imperative	再さい現げんしろ	再さい現げんするな
Conditional	再さい現げんすれば	再さい現げんしなければ
Tara conditional	再さい現げんしたら	再さい現げんしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

reappearance; return; revival

Intransitive use: something that had disappeared or stopped comes back or is seen again. Often used for phenomena, symptoms, or trends.

症しょう状じょうが再さい現げんした場ば合あいはすぐに医い師しに連れん絡らくしてください。
If the symptoms reappear, please contact a doctor immediately.
この現げん象しょうは実じっ験けん室しつではなかなか再さい現げんしない。
This phenomenon rarely reappears in the laboratory.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

reproduction; reenactment; recreation

Transitive use: deliberately reproducing a past event, scene, or condition. Common in science, technology, art, and legal contexts.

事じ故この状じょう況きょうをコンピューターで再さい現げんした。
They recreated the accident scene using a computer.
この料りょう理りは母ははの味あじを再さい現げんしたものです。
This dish is a recreation of my mother's cooking.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を再さい現げんするto reenact/recreate an event or scene
事じ件けんの現げん場ばを忠ちゅう実じつに再さい現げんした。
They faithfully recreated the scene of the incident.
〈物もの〉が再さい現げんするfor something (a symptom, phenomenon, etc.) to reappear
治ち療りょう後ご、症しょう状じょうが再さい現げんすることがある。
The symptoms can reappear after treatment.
忠ちゅう実じつに再さい現げんするto reproduce something faithfully/accurately
当とう時じの街まち並なみを忠ちゅう実じつに再さい現げんした。
They faithfully recreated the townscape of that era.
〈場ば所しょ〉で再さい現げんするto reenact/recreate something at a location
実じっ験けん室しつで当とう時じの条じょう件けんを再さい現げんした。
They recreated the original conditions in the laboratory.

Kanji

再again, twice, second time
現present, existing, actual

Transitive / intransitive

再現 itself is used both intransitively, when something reappears on its own (症状が再現する, 'the symptom reappears'), and transitively, when someone deliberately reproduces it (事件を再現する, 'to reenact the incident').

Related words

再さい生せいN2sense 2
再現 means to reproduce or make something appear again in its original form, while 再生 emphasizes bringing something back to life or playing back recorded media.
復ふっ活かつN1sense 1
再現 is a neutral term for reappearing or recreating a past state, whereas 復活 implies a dramatic revival after a complete stop, death, or defeat.
復ふく元げん sense 2
再現 focuses on making a past event or condition visible or perceivable again, while 復元 focuses on physically restoring an object or structure to its original form.
複ふく製せい
再現 means to recreate an experience, scene, or event, whereas 複製 specifically means physically copying an object like a document or artwork.

Don't confuse with

表ひょう現げんN3
再現 means to reproduce or recreate something that already existed, while 表現 means to express an idea or feeling, and the two are easily confused due to the shared kanji 現 and similar sound.
再さい燃ねん
再現 means to reproduce or reenact something exactly as it was, while 再燃 means a dormant issue or feeling suddenly flares up again, so the two share the 再 prefix but differ in meaning.
再さい演えん
再演 means performing a play or role again on stage, while 再現 means recreating or reproducing an event, scene, or condition, not necessarily a live performance.

Word family

再さい現げん性せい
reproducibility; repeatability
再さい現げん率りつ
recall; recall rate
色いろ再さい現げん
color reproduction
再さい現げんドラマ
dramatic reenactment; docudrama segment

Etymology

Compound of 再 (sai, 'again') and 現 (gen, 'appear'). The reading is on'yomi. The word follows standard Sino-Japanese word formation.