I said some encouraging words to my depressed friend.
restoring consciousness; bringing around
Refers to reviving someone who has fainted or lost consciousness.
Perform first aid to bring an unconscious person around.
restorative; stimulant; pick-me-up
Abbreviation of 気付け薬; a substance that revives or invigorates, such as smelling salts or a tonic.
See also: 気付け薬
They made him smell ammonia as a restorative.
Used in addresses after a company or organization name to indicate the recipient is at that location.
See also: 気付け
Please send it care of Tanaka Corporation.
Please send it addressed to Mr. Tanaka, care of ABC Trading Co.
His warm words gave me encouragement.
They gave the collapsed man a restorative to drink.
They performed resuscitation on the drowning child.
蘇生 is the more clinical term for resuscitation, whereas 気付け is the everyday word for bringing someone back from a faint.
気付け薬 is the full, explicit term for a restorative medicine, while 気付け is its common shortened form.
気付 and 気付け look almost identical and both mean 'care of' in addresses, but they are read differently (きづけ vs きつけ), causing learners to mix up which form to use.
restorative; stimulant; pick-me-up; tonic; smelling salts · alcohol; sake; liquid courage
Standard kanji spelling for most senses.
Search-only variant; the full form 気付け is preferred.
Search-only variant with kana つ; not a standard spelling.
Compound of 気 (spirit, mind) and 付け (attaching, applying). The derivation is transparent from its components.