"生かす" meaning in Japanese

See 生かす in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ika̠sɨ]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|いかす|tr=trans|type=1}} 生(い)かす • (ikasu) transitive godan (stem 生(い)かし (ikashi), past 生(い)かした (ikashita)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|いか|4-s}} Forms: 生かす [canonical] (ruby: ()), ikasu [romanization], 生かし [stem] (ruby: ()), 生かした [past] (ruby: ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 生かさ [error-unrecognized-form], いかさ [error-unrecognized-form], ikasa [error-unrecognized-form], 生かし [error-unrecognized-form], いかし [error-unrecognized-form], ikashi [error-unrecognized-form], 生かす [error-unrecognized-form], いかす [error-unrecognized-form], ikasu [error-unrecognized-form], 生かせ [error-unrecognized-form], いかせ [error-unrecognized-form], ikase [error-unrecognized-form], 生かされる [passive], いかされる [passive], ikasareru [passive], 生かさせる [causative], 生かさす [causative], いかさせる [causative], いかさす [causative], ikasaseru [causative], ikasasu [causative], 生かせる [potential], いかせる [potential], ikaseru [potential], 生かそう [volitional], いかそう [volitional], ikasō [volitional], 生かさない [negative], いかさない [negative], ikasanai [negative], 生かさず [continuative, negative], いかさず [continuative, negative], ikasazu [continuative, negative], 生かします [formal], いかします [formal], ikashimasu [formal], 生かした [perfective], いかした [perfective], ikashita [perfective], 生かして [conjunctive], いかして [conjunctive], ikashite [conjunctive], 生かせば [conditional, hypothetical], いかせば [conditional, hypothetical], ikaseba [conditional, hypothetical], no-table-tags [table-tags], 生かさ [irrealis, stem], いかさ [irrealis, stem], ikasa [irrealis], 生かし [continuative, stem], いかし [continuative, stem], ikasi [continuative], 生かす [stem, terminative], いかす [stem, terminative], ikasu [terminative], 生かす [attributive, stem], いかす [attributive, stem], ikasu [attributive], 生かせ [realis, stem], いかせ [realis, stem], ikase [realis], 生かせ [imperative, stem], いかせ [imperative, stem], ikase [imperative], 生かさず [negative], いかさず [negative], ikasazu [negative], 生かせど [contrastive], いかせど [contrastive], ikasedo [contrastive], 生かせば [causative], いかせば [causative], ikaseba [causative], 生かさば [conditional], いかさば [conditional], ikasaba [conditional], 生かしき [past], いかしき [past], ikasiki [past], 生かしけり [past], いかしけり [past], ikasikeri [past], 生かしつ [perfect], いかしつ [perfect], ikasitu [perfect], 生かしぬ [perfect], いかしぬ [perfect], ikasinu [perfect], 生かせり [continuative, perfect], 生かしたり [continuative, perfect], いかせり [continuative, perfect], いかしたり [continuative, perfect], ikaseri [continuative, perfect], ikasitari [continuative, perfect], 生かさむ [volitional], いかさむ [volitional], ikasamu [volitional]
  1. to bring to life, to revive, to resuscitate
    Sense id: en-生かす-ja-verb-J4-Ycv3q Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -su, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -su: 46 28 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 35 41 24
  2. to let live, to spare (one's life)
    Sense id: en-生かす-ja-verb-SAJRvD2y Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 9 72 18 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 18 62 20 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 9 74 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 75 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 35 41 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 75 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 78 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 75 19
  3. to make full use of (something), to capitalise on, to leverage (skills and etc)
    Sense id: en-生かす-ja-verb-e2VbZzRd Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 35 41 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 生ける (ikeru) (ruby: ()), 生く (iku) (ruby: ())
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "生かす",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "生",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikasu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かし",
      "roman": "ikashi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "生",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かした",
      "roman": "ikashita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "生",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-su",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikasa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikashi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikase",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikasareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikasaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikasasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikasō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikasanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikasazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikashimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikashita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikashite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikaseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikasa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikasi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikase",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikase",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikasazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かせど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかせど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikasedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikaseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かさば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかさば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikasaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かしき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかしき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikasiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かしけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかしけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikasikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かしつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかしつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikasitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かしぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかしぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikasinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かせり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かしたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかせり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかしたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikaseri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikasitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かさむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかさむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikasamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "いかす",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "生(い)かす • (ikasu) transitive godan (stem 生(い)かし (ikashi), past 生(い)かした (ikashita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "いか",
        "2": "4-s"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "ikeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "生",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "生ける"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "iku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "生",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "生く"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 28 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -su",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 41 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bring to life, to revive, to resuscitate"
      ],
      "id": "en-生かす-ja-verb-J4-Ycv3q",
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ],
        [
          "revive",
          "revive"
        ],
        [
          "resuscitate",
          "resuscitate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 72 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 62 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 74 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 75 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 41 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 75 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 78 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 75 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to let live, to spare (one's life)"
      ],
      "id": "en-生かす-ja-verb-SAJRvD2y",
      "links": [
        [
          "live",
          "live"
        ],
        [
          "spare",
          "spare"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 41 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      "form": "ikasaseru",
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      "form": "生かせる",
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      "form": "ikasō",
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      "form": "生かさない",
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      "form": "ikasazu",
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      "form": "生かします",
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      "form": "いかします",
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      "form": "ikashimasu",
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      "form": "生かした",
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      "form": "いかした",
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      "form": "ikashita",
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      "form": "ikashite",
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      "form": "生かせば",
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      "form": "いかせば",
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      "form": "ikaseba",
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      "form": "生かさず",
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      "form": "いかさず",
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      "form": "ikasazu",
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        "negative"
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      "form": "生かせど",
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      "form": "いかせど",
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      "form": "ikasedo",
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      "form": "生かせば",
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      "form": "いかせば",
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      "form": "ikaseba",
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        "causative"
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      "form": "生かさば",
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    {
      "form": "いかさば",
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    {
      "form": "ikasaba",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "生かしき",
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      "tags": [
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "いかしき",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
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      "form": "ikasiki",
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    },
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      "form": "生かしけり",
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    },
    {
      "form": "いかしけり",
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      "form": "ikasikeri",
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      "tags": [
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "生かしつ",
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      "tags": [
        "perfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "いかしつ",
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      "tags": [
        "perfect"
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    },
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      "form": "ikasitu",
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      "tags": [
        "perfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "生かしぬ",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "いかしぬ",
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      "tags": [
        "perfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ikasinu",
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      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生かせり",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "生かしたり",
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        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いかせり",
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      "form": "いかしたり",
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      "form": "ikaseri",
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      "form": "ikasitari",
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      "form": "生かさむ",
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      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
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      "form": "いかさむ",
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      "form": "ikasamu",
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      "expansion": "生(い)かす • (ikasu) transitive godan (stem 生(い)かし (ikashi), past 生(い)かした (ikashita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
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      "ruby": [
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          "い"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "生ける"
    },
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      "roman": "iku",
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          "生",
          "い"
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      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "to bring to life, to revive, to resuscitate"
      ],
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          "life",
          "life"
        ],
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          "revive",
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        ],
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          "live",
          "live"
        ],
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          "spare",
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        "to make full use of (something), to capitalise on, to leverage (skills and etc)"
      ],
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        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "capitalise",
          "capitalise"
        ],
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          "leverage",
          "leverage"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
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      "other": "いかす"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ika̠sɨ]"
    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 生かす meaning in Japanese (9.3kB)

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}

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}

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