生かす

いかす

Also written 活かす

Meanings

  1. Godan verb, Transitive 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)

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