JLPT N2 · Verb

蘇る (yomigaeru)

蘇る (よみがえる, yomigaeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be resurrected; to be resuscitated”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: よみがえる
Romaji: yomigaeru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be revived; to be refreshed · godan verb, intransitive
to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

春の雨が花に生気をよみがえらせた。

A spring rain revived the flower.

Tatoeba #147623

彼女の顔が記憶にまざまざとよみがえった。

Her face came back vividly to my memory.

Tatoeba #94578

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 蘇る

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	蘇る	よみがえる yomigaeru
Polite (~masu)	蘇ります	よみがえります yomigaerimasu
Negative	蘇らない	よみがえらない yomigaeranai
Polite negative	蘇りません	よみがえりません yomigaerimasen
Past	蘇った	よみがえった yomigaetta
Polite past	蘇りました	よみがえりました yomigaerimashita
Negative past	蘇らなかった	よみがえらなかった yomigaeranakatta
Te-form	蘇って	よみがえって yomigaette
Potential	蘇れる	よみがえれる yomigaereru
Passive	蘇られる	よみがえられる yomigaerareru
Causative	蘇らせる	よみがえらせる yomigaeraseru
Volitional	蘇ろう	よみがえろう yomigaerou
Imperative	蘇れ	よみがえれ yomigaere
Conditional (~ba)	蘇れば	よみがえれば yomigaereba

Kanji in 蘇る

蘇

be resuscitated, revived, perillaソ・ス・よみがえ.る · 19 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1606020 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.