返かえり咲ざき

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

Used for a person returning to a former position, role, or prominence after a period away, especially in politics, business, or sports.

狙ねら

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He is aiming for a comeback in the political world.

元もと社しゃ長ちょうの返かえり咲ざきが発はっ表ぴょうされた。

The reinstatement of the former president was announced.

2

Refers to plants blooming again in the same season, often out of the ordinary cycle. A somewhat literary or horticultural term.

〈地ち位い〉への返かえり咲ざきa comeback to a (former) position
彼かれは党とう首しゅへの返かえり咲ざきを果はたした。
He made a comeback to the party leadership.
返かえり咲ざきを果はたすto achieve a comeback
元もとチャンピオンが返かえり咲ざきを果はたした。
The former champion achieved a comeback.
返かえり咲ざきを狙ねらうto aim for a comeback
彼かれは次つぎの選せん挙きょで返かえり咲ざきを狙ねらっている。
He is aiming for a comeback in the next election.

復ふっ帰きN1sense 1
復帰 is a neutral term for returning to a previous position or state, while 返り咲き implies a dramatic comeback after a setback or absence.
二に度ど咲ざき sense 2
二度咲き is the plain horticultural term for a plant blooming a second time, while 返り咲き carries the same meaning but is more literary and also doubles as a metaphor for comebacks.
再さい起きN1sense 1
再起 focuses on recovering or rising again after failure, whereas 返り咲き specifically means regaining a former status or title.

失しっ脚きゃく sense 1
失脚 means falling from power or losing one's position, the opposite of 返り咲き, which means regaining a former position.

Compound of 返り (kaeri, 'returning') + 咲き (saki, 'blooming'). The literal meaning of 'blooming again' extended metaphorically to human comebacks.