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    3. 返り咲き

    返り咲き

    返かえり​咲ざき​

    comeback (e.g. in business)

    KMT8News #20+1NounBusiness & FinanceNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab22 strokes

    返咲き

    かえりざき

    Noun

    1.
    comeback (e.g. in business), reinstatement
    2.
    second blooming (in a season), reflowering, reflorescence

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    彼かれは返かえり咲ざきを果はたした。

    He made a comeback.

    KMT6Business & Finance
    その歌か手しゅは長ながい休きゅう止し期き間かんを経へて、見み事ごとな返かえり咲ざきを遂とげた。

    After a long hiatus, the singer made a splendid comeback.

    KMT8Music & EntertainmentDaily Life
    経けい営えい危き機きを乗のり越こえ、その会かい社しゃは市いち場ばでの返かえり咲ざきを目め指ざしている。

    Overcoming a management crisis, the company aims for a comeback in the market.

    KMT8Business & FinanceWork & Career
    暖だん冬とうの影えい響きょうで、桜さくらが季き節せつ外はずれの返かえり咲ざきを見みせた。

    Due to the warm winter, the cherry blossoms showed an unseasonal reflowering.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentWeather & Geography
    政せい治じの世せ界かいでは、一いち度ど引いん退たいした人じん物ぶつが返かえり咲ざきを果はたすことも珍めずらしくない。

    In the world of politics, it is not uncommon for a person who has retired to make a comeback.

    KMT9Politics & LawWork & Career

    Characters that make up this word

    返
    かえ.す・-かえ.す・かえ.る・-かえ.る…(1)
    return・answer・fade・repay
    Kanji
    咲
    さ.く・-ざき…(3)
    blossom・bloom
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
    き
    ki
    Kana
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