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活かす 【いかす】

  1. [v5s,vt] to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to capitalise on (experience, etc.)
  2. [v5s,vt] to let live; to keep alive
  3. [v5s,vt] to revive; to resuscitate; to bring back to life
  4. [v5s,vt] to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
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Kanji in this word:

Kanji Meanings On Readings Kun Readings
活 Lively, Resuscitation, Being Helped, Living カツ い.きる, い.かす, い.ける

Words often seen with this one: (experimental feature)

殺す (23), 人 (17), ために (15), この (14), その (13), 事 (11), ため (11), こと (11), 自分 (10)