生かす (いかす): to keep something alive; to make use of — Japanese vocabulary
生かす is read いかす and means "to keep something alive; to make use of". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
生かす
- Reading
- いかす · ikasu
- Translation
- to keep something alive; to make use of
- Level
- JLPT N1
- Pitch accent
- いかすが
Example
我々を生かそうとして彼は死んだ。
われわれをいかそうとしてかれはしんだ。
He died, so we might live.
Kanji in this word
- 生 — life, birth
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