蘇る

• 読み: よみがえる
• ローマ字: yomigaeru
• 漢字の分解: 蘇 (so/yomigaeru) — to revive, to come back to life
• 発音: /jo.mi.ɡa.e.ɾɯ/

意味

To revive; to be resurrected; to come back to life. Used for living things returning from death or unconsciousness, and for things once lost or forgotten being restored.

A Group 1 (godan) intransitive verb. Beyond literal revival, it is widely used figuratively: memories coming back (記憶が蘇る), a community being revitalised (街が蘇る), or a cultural tradition being restored. The sense of return from a lost or dead state is always present.

例文

1. 古い写真を見るたびに、懐かしい記憶が鮮明に蘇る。
2. 心停止状態だった患者が懸命な処置によって蘇った。
3. 廃れた地域文化が若い世代の手によって蘇りつつある。

使い方ガイド

場面: medicine, memory, culture, urban revival, literature

トーン: emotive

起源と歴史

The kanji 蘇 depicts a plant (草) reviving above the ground, historically linked to 蘇生 (sōsei — resuscitation). The reading よみがえる likely connects to 黄泉 (yomi — the underworld) + 帰る (kaeru — to return), meaning to return from the land of the dead.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: General