再生する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 再生する | 再生しない |
| Polite | 再生します | 再生しません |
| Past polite | 再生しました | 再生しませんでした |
| Past | 再生した | 再生しなかった |
| Te-form | 再生して | 再生しないで |
| Desire | 再生したい | 再生したくない |
| Potential | 再生できる | 再生できない |
| Passive | 再生される | 再生されない |
| Causative | 再生させる | 再生させない |
| Causative passive | 再生させられる | 再生させられない |
| Volitional | 再生しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 再生しましょう | |
| Imperative | 再生しろ | 再生するな |
| Conditional | 再生すれば | 再生しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 再生したら | 再生しなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
revival; restoration to life; regeneration
Broad use for something coming back to life, vitality, or a functioning state. For emergency medical resuscitation, 蘇生 is often the more specific word.
枯れたように見えた植物が、春になると再生した。
The plant that had looked dead came back to life in spring.
The novel features a device that restores the dead to life.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
rehabilitation; reformation; turnaround
Used for rehabilitating or reforming a person, organization, community, or system so that it can function properly again; common in formal compounds such as 企業再生.
A team of specialists supported the rehabilitation of the company that had been on the verge of collapse.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
recycling; reclamation; recovery
Used when waste material, old products, or resources are processed or reclaimed for use again.
They recycle wastepaper into new paper.
They reclaim scrap wood and turn it into furniture.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
playback; playing audio or video; views
Media and device use: playing recorded sound or video. In online video contexts, 再生 can also count as a view or play.
I played back the recording to check the pronunciation.
That video was played one hundred thousand times in a day.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
biological regeneration; regrowth
Biological or medical use for lost or damaged tissue, organs, or body parts growing back or being regenerated.
A planarian can regenerate its body even after being cut.
Researchers are developing technology to regenerate lost tissue.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
Less common than 転生 for reincarnation. Often appears in religious, philosophical, or literary discussion of being born again after death.
In religious contexts, 再生 can refer to rebirth after death.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
memory recall; retrieval
Psychology term for retrieving or reproducing information from memory; outside this field, 想起 or 思い出す is often more transparent.
In psychology, the process of recalling learned information is called memory retrieval.
I played the video on my phone.
The damaged skin cells regenerate.
I keep replaying the memory of that day in my mind.
The company, which had been struggling financially, turned itself around.
再生 (as in 都市再生) emphasizes reviving or revitalizing a declining area, while 再開発 focuses on the concrete construction and rebuilding process.
再生する emphasizes regeneration or renewal of something (cells, a region, an industry) through deliberate process, while 蘇る suggests a sudden, almost spontaneous return.
In cognitive psychology 再生 refers to the process of retrieving stored information, overlapping closely with 想起 in its technical sense.
再建 stresses reconstructing something concrete to its former state, while 再生 emphasizes revitalizing or bringing new life to something, often used for businesses or ecosystems.
reproduction