復ふっ活かつ

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復活する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	復ふっ活かつする	復ふっ活かつしない
Polite	復ふっ活かつします	復ふっ活かつしません
Past polite	復ふっ活かつしました	復ふっ活かつしませんでした
Past	復ふっ活かつした	復ふっ活かつしなかった
Te-form	復ふっ活かつして	復ふっ活かつしないで
Desire	復ふっ活かつしたい	復ふっ活かつしたくない
Potential	復ふっ活かつできる	復ふっ活かつできない
Passive	復ふっ活かつされる	復ふっ活かつされない
Causative	復ふっ活かつさせる	復ふっ活かつさせない
Causative passive	復ふっ活かつさせられる	復ふっ活かつさせられない
Volitional	復ふっ活かつしよう
Polite volitional	復ふっ活かつしましょう
Imperative	復ふっ活かつしろ	復ふっ活かつするな
Conditional	復ふっ活かつすれば	復ふっ活かつしなければ
Tara conditional	復ふっ活かつしたら	復ふっ活かつしなかったら

Meanings

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

revival; restoration; comeback

Used for the revival of systems, customs, fashions, trends, or a person's return to prominence. Can be transitive or intransitive.

古ふるい伝でん統とうが復ふっ活かつした。
An old tradition was revived.
その歌か手しゅは今年ことし、見み事ごとに復ふっ活かつした。
That singer made a splendid comeback this year.

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

resurrection; rebirth

Refers to coming back to life, often in a religious, mythological, or metaphorical sense. Primarily intransitive.

キリストの復ふっ活かつを祝いわう。
Celebrate the resurrection of Christ.
不ふ死し鳥ちょうのように復ふっ活かつする。
Be reborn like a phoenix.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉が復ふっ活かつするfor a custom, trend, or system to make a comeback
昔むかしの流りゅう行こうが最さい近きんまた復ふっ活かつした。
An old trend has made a comeback recently.
死し者しゃが復ふっ活かつするfor the dead to be resurrected
物もの語がたりの中なかで死し者しゃが復ふっ活かつする場ば面めんがある。
There is a scene in the story where the dead are resurrected.
〈物もの・事こと〉を復ふっ活かつさせるto bring something back; to revive something
会かい社しゃは昔むかしの人にん気き商しょう品ひんを復ふっ活かつさせた。
The company brought back an old popular product.
人にん気きが復ふっ活かつするfor someone's popularity to make a comeback
そのバンドは新しん曲きょくのヒットで人にん気きが復ふっ活かつした。
The band's popularity made a comeback thanks to a hit new song.

Kanji

復restore, return to, revert
活lively, resuscitation, being helped

Related words· 18

再さい生せいN2sense 1
再生 emphasizes a biological or physical regeneration/renewal, while 復活 focuses on returning to a former state or life.
復ふっ興こうN2sense 1
復興 is used for large-scale recovery, such as after a disaster or war, whereas 復活 is broader and can describe abstract or personal comebacks.
復ふっ旧きゅうN2sense 1
復旧 refers to restoring a system or service to its normal working condition after damage, while 復活 is broader and can apply to trends, customs, or life itself.
カムバックN1sense 1
カムバック is a casual loanword for a personal comeback (e.g. a celebrity or athlete), while 復活 is more formal and covers a wider range of things being revived.

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甦よみがえるN2
復活する is a more formal, often institutional word for revival (e.g. a system or event), while 蘇る carries a vivid, almost miraculous sense of coming back to life.
リバイバル
復活 is a native Japanese word for a broad revival or resurrection (of a system, person, or trend), while リバイバル is a loanword usually limited to cultural, fashion, or entertainment comebacks.
再さい起きN1
復活 suggests reviving something that had stopped or died out, while 再起 focuses on regaining one's former standing after a setback.
復ふっ帰きN1
復活 stresses reviving from a dead or completely inactive state, while 復帰 simply means returning to a previous active position or condition.
蘇そ生せい
復活 is a broad term for any kind of comeback or return (a trend, a team's form, a tradition), while 蘇生 specifically means reviving from a life-threatening or severely weakened state.
起き死し回かい生せい
復活 is a general word for revival or coming back, while 起死回生 specifically describes a dramatic, last-minute rescue from a seemingly hopeless or fatal situation.
再さい現げんN1
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.
再さい来らい
復活 stresses coming back to life or activity after decline or death, whereas 再来 as 'second coming/reincarnation' focuses on a great figure's spirit or influence reappearing in a new person.
再さい燃ねん
復活 means a full revival or comeback (often positive, like a trend or tradition returning), whereas 再燃 usually describes a conflict, controversy, or disease flaring back up.
生いき返かえるN1
復活する is a suru-verb often used for organizations, events, or systems making a comeback, whereas 生き返る is specifically about a living being (or its vitality) returning to life.
回かい生せい
復活 is the everyday word for revival or coming back to life, while 回生 is a rarer, more literary or technical alternative.
更こう生せい
復活 describes a comeback or revival of something that had stopped, while 更生 implies a deeper transformation or rebuilding rather than a simple return.
立たち直なおり
復活 suggests a dramatic revival or comeback (careers, teams), while 立ち直り focuses on the process of steadying oneself after decline.
巻まき返かえし
復活 means a revival or comeback after decline or defeat, while 巻き返し specifically implies actively turning the tide through effort.

Opposites

消しょう滅めつN1sense 1
消滅 means disappearance or extinction, the opposite of 復活's sense of coming back or being revived.
衰すい退たいN1sense 1
衰退 means decline or fading away, contrasting with 復活's sense of a comeback or resurgence.

Don't confuse with

復ふっ刊かん sense 1
復刊 specifically means the resumption of a publication (magazine, series), while 復活 is a much broader term for reviving anything, including life itself.

Counted with

回かいN4
復活 is counted with 回 when referring to the number of times a comeback or revival has occurred.

Word family

完かん全ぜん復ふっ活かつ
full comeback; complete revival
復ふっ活かつ当とう選せん
winning a proportional-representation seat after losing a single-seat constituency
敗はい者しゃ復ふっ活かつ
comeback after defeat; return to competition; reinstatement · repechage; second-chance match

Etymology

Compound of 復 (return, restore) and 活 (life, activity). The reading ふっかつ is a regular on'yomi combination.