生かす
Meanings
Godan verb
Transitive verb
1. to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to capitalise on (experience, etc.)
2. to let live; to keep alive
3. to revive; to resuscitate; to bring back to life
4. to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
Other spellings
活かす
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
いかす
Examples27
自分
Live and let live.
彼
He made the best of his small income.
心停止
We used emergency measures to revive the cardiac arrest patient.
我々
He died, so we might live.
あなた
You should make use of this chance.
彼
He turned his experience to good account.