回復・恢復|かいふくkaifuku[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
回復回復 is the most common and standard form. Beginners should use it for restoration, recovery, rehabilitation, or return.
恢復恢復 is rarely used and is a less common written form; learners should normally choose 回復 instead.
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbrestoration; recovery; rehabilitation; return; improvement
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbrecovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescencealso written as 快復
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 回復する（かいふくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 回復します（かいふくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 回復しない（かいふくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 回復しません（かいふくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 回復せず・回復せぬ（かいふくせず・かいふくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 回復した（かいふくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 回復しました（かいふくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 回復しなかった（かいふくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 回復しませんでした（かいふくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 回復して（かいふくして） |
| Potential | 回復できる（かいふくできる） |
| Passive | 回復される（かいふくされる） |
| Causative | 回復させる（かいふくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 回復させられる（かいふくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 回復すれば（かいふくすれば） |
| tara | 回復したら（かいふくしたら） |
| Volitional | 回復しよう（かいふくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 回復しましょう（かいふくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 回復しろ（かいふくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym治癒ちゆWrittenWritten: being cured of an illness or injury, as in 「自然治癒力」; in law, also a defect being remedied. 「回復」 also covers the economy or credit recovering.
- Synonym復旧ふっきゅうWrittenWritten: restoring infrastructure or services to working order, e.g. 「電車が復旧する」; focuses on facilities becoming usable again.
- Synonym復元ふくげんWrittenWritten: restoring something to its original form, e.g. 「データを復元する」; stresses returning things to how they originally were.
- Synonym全快ぜんかいNeutralA complete recovery from illness, as in 「全快祝い」; more thorough than 「回復」.
- Synonym復活ふっかつNeutralRevival or bringing back, e.g. 「伝統行事が復活する」; stresses something abolished or vanished reappearing, not a state improving.
- Synonym立ち直りたちなおりNeutralNoun for getting back on one's feet after a setback, e.g. 「立ち直りが早い」.
- SynonymリカバリーNeutralLoanword for recovery or regaining something, as in 「リカバリーモード」; used mainly for computer data or in sports.
- Synonym平癒へいゆWrittenWritten: recovery from illness, as in 「病気平癒の祈願」; often seen in prayers for good health at shrines.
- Synonym快癒かいゆWrittenWritten: full recovery from an illness or injury, e.g. 「快癒を祈る」; common in letters wishing someone well.
- Synonym快気かいきWrittenWritten: recovery from illness, used almost only in 「快気祝い」, the thank-you gift given after recovering.
- Related復興ふっこうWrittenWritten: rebuilding after a disaster, e.g. 「震災復興」; focuses on a region regaining its vitality rather than a state simply returning to normal.
- Related更生こうせいWrittenWritten: reforming oneself and starting afresh, or rehabilitating a company, e.g. 「会社更生法」; the emphasis is on reform and a new start.
- Related取り戻すとりもどすNeutralVerb for taking or winning back something lost, e.g. 「自信を取り戻す」; stresses regaining what one once had.
- Related立ち直るたちなおるCasualColloquial: getting back on one's feet after a blow or setback, e.g. 「失恋から立ち直る」.
- Related立て直すたてなおすNeutralTransitive verb for rebuilding or restructuring, e.g. 「経営を立て直す」; stresses actively fixing a struggling business or system.
- Related引き戻すひきもどすNeutralPulling something back to where or how it was, e.g. 「現実に引き戻す」; stresses dragging back rather than general recovery.
- Related復調ふくちょうWrittenWritten: a slump ending and form returning, e.g. 「調子が復調する」; used mainly of athletes.
- Related治るなおるCasualColloquial: an illness or injury healing, e.g. 「風邪が治る」; as 「直る」 it means a fault being fixed or an error corrected. 「回復」 is broader, about a state improving.
- Related持ち直すもちなおすNeutralA situation turning upward again, e.g. 「景気が持ち直す」; stresses a decline bottoming out.
- Related再起さいきNeutralMaking a comeback after failure, e.g. 「再起を図る」; stresses starting over again from a defeat.
- Related蘇生そせいWrittenWritten: coming back to life, e.g. 「心肺蘇生」; about reviving life itself, not a state returning to normal.
- Related復するふくするWrittenWritten and literary: returning to a former state, e.g. 「旧に復する」; stiff, old-fashioned wording.
- Related癒えるいえるWrittenWritten: an illness, wound, or emotional hurt healing, e.g. 「傷が癒える」.
- Antonym悪化あっかNeutralAntonym: a condition getting worse, e.g. 「病状が悪化する」.
- Antonym増悪ぞうあくWrittenAntonym, medical term: a disease or symptom worsening rather than improving.
Use 「回復」 as the default for a return to a good state — health, the economy, credit and more. For being cured of an illness or injury use 「治癒」 (written) or 「治る」 (colloquial); for a complete recovery 「全快」; for restoring facilities or services 「復旧」; for restoring data or an original form 「復元」; for post-disaster rebuilding 「復興」; for revival of something abolished 「復活」; for regaining something lost 「取り戻す」; for getting back on one's feet 「立ち直る」. The opposite is 「悪化」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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