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生かす, 活かす
JLPT 1 - Kana Reading
- いかす
- Romaji
- ikasu
- Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `su' ending, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to make (the best) use of; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to capitalise on (experience, etc)
- Example sentence
- 自分の才能を思う存分生かすには、自分にもっとふさわしい職業、新しい職場を見つけることです。 In order to bring out your talents to the full you need to a profession more suited to you, to find a new work place.
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Examples of 生かす, 活かす, いかす in a sentence
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自分の才能を思う存分生かすには、自分にもっとふさわしい職業、新しい職場を見つけることです。
In order to bring out your talents to the full you need to a profession more suited to you, to find a new work place.
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He's living his role to the hilt.
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He turned his experience to good account.
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He turned his artistic gifts to good account by becoming a painter.
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He made the best of his small income.
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He made good use of the money.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 生かす
- Plain Polite
- 生かします
- Negative
- 生かさない
- Negative Polite
- 生かしません
Past
- Plain
- 生かした
- Plain Polite
- 生かしました
- Negative
- 生かさなかった
- Negative Polite
- 生かしませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 生かして
- Plain Polite
- 生かしまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 生かされる
- Plain Polite
- 生かされます
- Negative
- 生かされない
- Negative Polite
- 生かされません
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