Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 復興する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 復ふっ 興こう する 復ふっ 興こう しない Polite 復ふっ 興こう します 復ふっ 興こう しません Past polite 復ふっ 興こう しました 復ふっ 興こう しませんでした Past 復ふっ 興こう した 復ふっ 興こう しなかった Te-form 復ふっ 興こう して 復ふっ 興こう しないで Desire 復ふっ 興こう したい 復ふっ 興こう したくない Potential 復ふっ 興こう できる 復ふっ 興こう できない Passive 復ふっ 興こう される 復ふっ 興こう されない Causative 復ふっ 興こう させる 復ふっ 興こう させない Causative passive 復ふっ 興こう させられる 復ふっ 興こう させられない Volitional 復ふっ 興こう しよう Polite volitional 復ふっ 興こう しましょう Imperative 復ふっ 興こう しろ 復ふっ 興こう するな Conditional 復ふっ 興こう すれば 復ふっ 興こう しなければ Tara conditional 復ふっ 興こう したら 復ふっ 興こう しなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 が 復ふっ 興こう する for a place to undergo reconstruction/revival
Ten years after the disaster, the town was rebuilt and revived.
復ふっ 興こう を 目め 指ざ す to aim for recovery/reconstruction
The disaster-stricken area is working hard toward recovery.
復ふっ 興こう に 取と り 組く む to tackle/work on reconstruction efforts
The government is working on disaster recovery.
復ふっ 興こう が 進すす む for reconstruction to progress
Reconstruction in the disaster area is steadily progressing.
〈 事こと 〉 からの 復ふっ 興こう recovery from (a disaster or crisis)
Recovery from the major earthquake took a long time.
Kanji 復 restore, return to, revert 興 entertain, revive, retrieve Transitive / intransitive 復興 is used both transitively and intransitively without changing form: 政府は町を復興させた (the government revived the town) uses it causatively/transitively via させる, while 町が復興した (the town revived) uses it intransitively.
Related words· 7 復旧 means restoring something (like infrastructure or services) to its original working state, while 復興 implies a fuller revival or flourishing beyond mere repair.
再建 stresses physically rebuilding structures or reorganizing an institution, whereas 復興 carries a broader sense of economic or cultural renaissance.
再興 often refers to reviving a specific tradition, family, or organization after decline, while 復興 is more commonly used for whole communities or economies after disaster.
ルネサンス specifically evokes the European cultural rebirth of the 14th–16th centuries (or a stylized revival modeled on it), while 復興 is the generic word for any recovery or revival, from disasters to economies.
Show 3 more Show fewer 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.
復興する specifically means to rebuild or restore something that has been damaged or declined, while 興す is broader and can also mean founding something new.
復興 describes the broader revival of an area, economy, or way of life after decline or disaster, while 復元 is about restoring a specific object or system to its original form.
Opposites 衰退 means decline or falling into decay, the opposite process of 復興 's revival and recovery.
破壊 means destruction, the destructive event that 復興 (reconstruction/revival) typically follows and reverses.
Word family reconstruction tax
post-disaster reconstruction housing
reconstruction funds; recovery money
post-war recovery; post-war reconstruction
economic revitalization; economic reconstruction
Islamic revival
Etymology Compound of 復 (ふく , 'return, restore') and 興 (こう , 'prosper, flourish'). The reading ふっこう results from the assimilation of ふくこう .
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