生かす

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生
い
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
活かす

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "生かす"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
生かす いか​す [ìkáꜜsù]
Imperative (命令形) 生かせ いか​せ [ìkáꜜsè]
Key constructions
Passive 生かされる いかされ​る [ìkásáréꜜrù]
Causative 生かさせる いかさせ​る [ìkásáséꜜrù]
Potential 生かせる いかせ​る [ìkáséꜜrù]
Volitional 生かそう いかそ​ー [ìkásóꜜò]
Negative 生かさない いかさ​ない [ìkásáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 生かさなかった いかさ​なかった [ìkásáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 生かします いかしま​す [ìkáshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 生かした いか​した [ìkáꜜshìtà]
Conjunctive 生かして いか​して [ìkáꜜshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 生かせば いか​せば [ìkáꜜsèbà]

Verb

生(い)かす • (ikasu) transitive godan (stem 生(い)かし (ikashi), past 生(い)かした (ikashita))

Japanese verb pair
active 生かす
mediopassive 生きる
  1. to bring to life, to revive, to resuscitate
  2. to let live, to spare (one's life)
  3. to make full use of (something), to capitalise on, to leverage (skills and etc)

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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