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生かす いかす N1

  1. to capitalise on (experience, etc.); to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to make (the best) use of; to put to good use
  2. to keep alive; to let live
  3. to bring back to life; to resuscitate; to revive
  4. to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)

死者を生かす ししゃをいかす

  1. to revive the dead

小の虫を殺して大の虫を生かす しょうのむしをころしてだいのむしをいかす

  1. to kill a small bug and save a large one; to lose a leg to save one's life; to sacrifice something small in order to save something great

経験を生かす けいけんをいかす

  1. to draw on one's experience; to make good use of one's experience; to turn one's experience to good account
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