復活|ふっかつfukkatsu[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbrevival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; comeback
   ３０年ねん前まえのファッションが復活ふっかつした。↗

   Fashions of thirty years ago have come back in style.
2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbresurrection; rebirth
   いわば彼かれは死しから復活ふっかつしたのだ。↗

   He rose from the dead, so to speak.

• Synonym復興ふっこうNeutralNoun for a decline rebounding to prosperity or rebuilding after disaster, as in 「震災復興」「文芸復興」; 「復活」 centers on coming back to life or reappearing.
• Synonym再興さいこうWrittenWritten word for bringing something back to vigor, as in 「家の再興」; used mostly of families and organizations.
• SynonymリバイバルNeutralLoanword for something becoming popular again or being rescreened, as in 「リバイバル上映」.
• Synonym復古ふっこNeutralNoun for restoring old systems, as in 「王政復古」「復古調」; the emphasis is on returning to the past.
• Synonym回復かいふくNeutralNoun for recovery, as in 「体力が回復する」; the most general term, stressing a return to a good state.
• Synonym再起さいきNeutralNoun for a comeback, as in 「再起をかける」; stresses rallying after a defeat.
• Synonym再燃さいねんNeutralNoun for something flaring up again, as in 「問題が再燃する」; mostly for bad things.
• Synonym中興ちゅうこうWrittenWritten word for a revival of fortunes, as in 「中興の祖」; used mostly in historical contexts.
• Synonym甦よみがえWrittenRare written word for resurrection; shares its origin with 「蘇る」, and 「復活」 is the more common choice.
• Synonym返り咲きかえりざきNeutralReturning to a position once lost, as in 「政界に返り咲く」.
• Synonym蘇生そせいNeutralNoun for coming back to life, as in 「心肺蘇生」; mostly used in medical contexts.
• Synonym蘇るよみがえるNeutralNative verb for coming back to life or for memories returning, as in 「記憶が蘇る」.
• Related更生こうせいNeutralNoun for reforming oneself or restructuring a company, as in 「会社更生法」.
• Related再現さいげんNeutralNoun for reproducing or reenacting something, as in 「事件を再現する」; stresses doing it over exactly as it was.
• Related蘇りよみがえりWrittenNoun form of 「蘇る」 meaning revival or coming back to life; leans toward written prose.
• Related挽回ばんかいNeutralNoun for regaining something lost, as in 「名誉挽回」; stresses reversing a disadvantage.
• Antonym死滅しめつNeutralDying out or perishing completely; the opposite of 「復活」.
• Antonym消滅しょうめつNeutralVanishing or ceasing to exist; the opposite of the reappearance 「復活」 describes.

Use 「復活」 when something stopped or vanished appears again, as in 「祭りが復活する」 or 「キリストの復活」. For rebuilding after a disaster say 「復興」, for rallying after a setback 「再起」, and for a condition improving 「回復」; the opposite of 「復活」 is 「消滅」. The other words cover narrower senses: 「リバイバル」 for renewed popularity, 「復古」 for returning to old ways, 「再現」 for exact reenactment, 「蘇生」 for medical resuscitation, and 「蘇る」 for revival or memories returning.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 生き返いきかえること。
2. 廃止はいし、消失しょうしつしたものが再ふたたび元もとの状態じょうたいに戻もどること。