再燃|さいねんsainen[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbrecurrence; revival; resuscitation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 再燃する（さいねんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 再燃します（さいねんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 再燃しない（さいねんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 再燃しません（さいねんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 再燃せず・再燃せぬ（さいねんせず・さいねんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 再燃した（さいねんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 再燃しました（さいねんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 再燃しなかった（さいねんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 再燃しませんでした（さいねんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 再燃して（さいねんして） |
| Potential | 再燃できる（さいねんできる） |
| Passive | 再燃される（さいねんされる） |
| Causative | 再燃させる（さいねんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 再燃させられる（さいねんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 再燃すれば（さいねんすれば） |
| tara | 再燃したら（さいねんしたら） |
| Volitional | 再燃しよう（さいねんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 再燃しましょう（さいねんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 再燃しろ（さいねんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- SynonymリバイバルNeutralLoanword for old works or trends becoming popular again — a cultural revival. 「再燃」 is about a settled problem or dispute flaring up again.
- Synonym復活ふっかつNeutralBroad term for coming back to life or being restored; mostly positive, as in 「人気復活」. Much broader in use than 「再燃」.
- Related再起さいきNeutralRecovering from failure or hardship — a comeback by a person or a company, as in 「企業の再起」. 「再燃」 is for a settled problem or boom flaring up again.
- Related返り咲きかえりざきNeutralRegaining a position or status once lost, or a flower blooming a second time, as in 「首位に返り咲く」.
- Related復興ふっこうNeutralRebuilding and revival after decline or disaster, chiefly of cities and industries; carries a positive coloring.
- Related再興さいこうWrittenWritten word for reviving and restoring a house, business, or organization; positive coloring, suited to formal prose.
- Related中興ちゅうこうWrittenWritten word for a revival or resurgence, used mainly of dynasties and families in historical contexts.
- Related甦よみがえWrittenWritten noun for the dead coming back to life or lost things appearing again. 「再燃」 instead is about a settled problem or dispute flaring up.
- Related復古ふっこWrittenWritten word for returning to the systems or ways of the past — a backward-looking restoration.
- Related蘇りよみがえりNeutralNative Japanese word for something dead or lost coming back to life or starting to stir again; carries an emotional, evocative coloring.
- Antonym鎮火ちんかNeutralA fire being put out or dying down — the direct opposite of 「再燃」's sense of flames rising again.
- Antonym消滅しょうめつNeutralVanishing or ceasing to exist — the opposite of 「再燃」, where something thought gone appears once more.
Use 「再燃」 when a settled problem, dispute, illness, or boom flares up again, as in 「議論が再燃する」 or 「ブームが再燃」. For old works or trends popular again say 「リバイバル」, for positive recovery 「復活」, for a person's comeback 「再起」. The opposite is 「鎮火」.
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