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蘇る

よみがえる

to be revived, to come back to life, to come flooding back (of memories)

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Examples

  1. 昔の記憶が蘇った。

    むかしのきおくがよみがえった。

    An old memory came back to me.

  2. 春の雨で草木が蘇った。

    はるのあめでくさきがよみがえった。

    The spring rain brought the plants back to life.

  3. この写真を見ると、その日の情景が目の前に蘇る。

    このしゃしんをみると、そのひのじょうけいがめのまえによみがえる。

    When I look at this photo, the scene of that day comes back before my eyes.

Common patterns

記憶が蘇る
a memory comes back
思い出が蘇る
memories come flooding back
町が蘇る
the town comes back to life

Memory tip

Intransitive: something 蘇る by itself (記憶が蘇る), and to make it happen you use 蘇らせる. Also written 甦る. Its commonest subject by far is a memory.

Kanji in this word

  • 蘇Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists

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