蘇(よみがえ)る

よみがえる
verb (godan)
to be revived; to come back to life
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)で彼(かれ)は蘇(よみがえ)った。
He was revived through CPR.
一度(いちど)死(し)んだと思(おも)われたが、奇跡的(きせきてき)に蘇(よみがえ)った。
He was thought to have died, but miraculously came back to life.
枯(か)れたと思(おも)っていた木(き)が春(はる)になって蘇(よみがえ)った。
The tree I thought had died came back to life in spring.
溺(おぼ)れた子供(こども)は救急隊員(きゅうきゅうたいいん)の懸命(けんめい)な処置(しょち)で蘇(よみがえ)った。
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)が蘇(よみがえ)った。
The memories came flooding back.
古(ふる)い街(まち)が蘇(よみがえ)った。
The old town was revived.
あの曲(きょく)を聞(き)くと、学生(がくせい)時代(じだい)の思(おも)い出(で)が蘇(よみがえ)る。
When I hear that song, memories of my student days come flooding back.
修復(しゅうふく)作業(さぎょう)によって、古(ふる)い絵画(かいが)が蘇(よみがえ)った。
Through restoration work, the old painting was brought back to life.
長(なが)い不況(ふきょう)の後(あと)、商店街(しょうてんがい)に活気(かっき)が蘇(よみがえ)ってきた。
After a long recession, vitality has returned to the shopping street.
伝統(でんとう)工芸(こうげい)を蘇(よみがえ)らせようと、若(わか)い職人(しょくにん)たちが努力(どりょく)している。
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 甦(よみがえ)る or in hiragana.

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

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • 記憶(きおく)が蘇(よみがえ)る (memories come back)
  • 活気(かっき)が蘇(よみがえ)る (vitality is restored)
  • 思(おも)い出(で)が蘇(よみがえ)る (memories revive)

RELATED:

  • 蘇生(そせい) (resuscitation)
  • 復活(ふっかつ) (revival, resurrection)

Related Words

Related: 復活(ふっかつ) (revival)
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Added 2026.1.13 16:50 · Revised 2026.3.3 9:07
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