いかす【生かす・▲活かす】
- I
- 1〔生きたままにしておく〕spare a person's life; let ((a person)) live
- 釣った魚をいけすに生かしておく
- keep one's catch alive in a fish crawl
- あいつは生かしておけない
- We can't let him live.
- 奴隷どれいは生かすも殺すも主人の自由であった
- Slaves' lives were at the mercy of their owners.
- 2〔生き返らせる〕bring ((a person)) back to life, revive ((a person));〔仮死状態の人を〕resuscitate
- II
- 1〔活用する〕make use of; utilize
- 自分の才能を十分生かす
- use one's talent to the full/make full use of one's talent
- スペイン語の知識を生かしてラテンアメリカとの商売を始めた
- Putting his knowledge of Spanish to (practical) use, he started doing business with Latin American countries.
- 廃物を生かす
- utilize [make use of] refuse materials
- 2〔復活させる〕
- 古い芝居[忘れられた習慣]を生かす
- revive 「an old play[lost customs]