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    3. 生き返る

    生き返る

    生いき​返かえる​

    to revive

    KMT10News #42+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab17 strokes

    生返る生きかえる

    いきかえる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to revive, to come to oneself, to be restored to life

    Stroke 0 / 17

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    彼かれは意い識しきを取とり戻もどし、生いき返かえった。

    He regained consciousness and revived.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    心しん肺ぱい蘇そ生せい法ほうのおかげで、多おおくの命いのちが生いき返かえっている。

    Thanks to CPR, many lives are being revived.

    KMT9Medicine & Health
    彼かれの温あたたかい言こと葉ばに、私わたしの心こころは生いき返かえった。

    My heart revived with his warm words.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    瀕ひん死しの状じょう態たいだった患かん者じゃが、奇き跡せき的てきに生いき返かえった。

    The patient, who was in a critical condition, miraculously revived.

    KMT10Medicine & Health
    枯かれかけていた植しょく物ぶつに水みずをやると、まるで生いき返かえったかのように元げん気きになった。

    When I watered the dying plant, it became lively as if it had come back to life.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    生
    い.きる・い.かす・い.ける・う.まれる・うま.れる・う.まれ…(39)
    life・genuine・birth
    Kanji
    返
    かえ.す・-かえ.す・かえ.る・-かえ.る…(1)
    return・answer・fade・repay
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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