息いきを吹ふき返かえす

expression, godan verb (-su)

resume breathing; come around; come back to life

Used for someone who has stopped breathing or lost consciousness and then recovers; can also be used figuratively for things that revive or regain vitality.

• 溺おぼれた子こ供どもは人じん工こう呼こ吸きゅうで息いきを吹ふき返かえした。

  The drowned child resumed breathing thanks to artificial respiration.

• 春はるになると、枯かれたと思おもっていた木きが息いきを吹ふき返かえす。

  In spring, the tree I thought was dead comes back to life.