いかす
生かす
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to capitalise on (experience, etc.)
N5Common wordGodan verb (su ending)
Godan verb (su ending), Transitive verb
to make (the best) use of•to put to good use•to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.)•to capitalise on (experience, etc.)
Godan verb (su ending), Transitive verb
to let live•to keep alive
Godan verb (su ending), Transitive verb
to revive•to resuscitate•to bring back to life
Godan verb (su ending), Transitive verb
to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
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Kanji Breakdown
Conjugations
Present辞書形
生かす(いかす)
Negativeない形
生かさない(いかさない)
Pastた形
生かした(いかした)
Past Negativeなかった形
生かさなかった(いかさなかった)
Te-formて形
生かして(いかして)
Example Sentences
生かしてはおかぬ。
He must not live.
自分も生き、他人も生かせ。
Live and let live.
彼は自分の経験をうまく生かした。
He turned his experience to good account.
彼はわずかな収入を精一杯活かした。
He made the best of his small income.
彼はその金をうまく生かして使った。
He made good use of the money.