(よみがえ)

よみがえる
verb (godan)
to be revived; to come back to life
See also: (よみがえ) (revive)
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present(よみがえ)(よみがえ)らない
Present polite(よみがえ)ります(よみがえ)りません
Past(よみがえ)った(よみがえ)らなかった
Past polite(よみがえ)りました(よみがえ)りませんでした
て form(よみがえ)って(よみがえ)らなくて
ている present(よみがえ)っている(よみがえ)っていない
ている polite(よみがえ)っています(よみがえ)っていません
ている past(よみがえ)っていた(よみがえ)っていなかった
ている past polite(よみがえ)っていました(よみがえ)っていませんでした
Conditional ば(よみがえ)れば(よみがえ)らなければ
Conditional たら(よみがえ)ったら(よみがえ)らなかったら
Volitional(よみがえ)ろう
Volitional polite(よみがえ)りましょう
Potential(よみがえ)れる(よみがえ)れない
Passive(よみがえ)られる(よみがえ)られない
Causative(よみがえ)らせる(よみがえ)らせない
Imperative(よみがえ)(よみがえ)るな
1. to be resurrected; to come back to life
To return from death or apparent death; to be revived.
心肺(しんぱい)蘇生(そせい)(かれ)(よみがえ)った。
He was revived through CPR.
He was thought to have died, but miraculously came back to life.
The tree I thought had died came back to life in spring.
The drowning child was revived by the paramedic's desperate efforts.
2. to be revived; to be restored
For something dormant, forgotten, or declining to regain vitality or prominence.
記憶(きおく)(よみがえ)った。
The memories came flooding back.
(ふる)(まち)(よみがえ)った。
The old town was revived.
When I hear that song, memories of my student days come flooding back.
Through restoration work, the old painting was brought back to life.
After a long recession, vitality has returned to the shopping street.
Young craftspeople are working hard to revive traditional crafts.

TRANSITIVITY: 自動詞(じどうし) (intransitive). No transitive pair.

WRITING: Also written as (よみがえ)る or in hiragana.

ETYMOLOGY: From 黄泉(よみ) (the underworld in Japanese mythology) + (かえ) (to return).

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