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restore
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Readings

On readingフク
Kun readingまた
JōyōGrade 5
  1. revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.)
  2. restoration
  3. return
  4. comeback
  5. resurrection

Popular Usage

復習回復往復

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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Nelson · column · going (行) · line · fold back · double back · reclining · lying down · sun (日) · day (日) · walking legs (儿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 940

Compound words

復習ふくしゅう
review (of learned material); revision
回復かいふく
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; return; improvement
往復おうふく
making a round trip; going and returning; coming and going; round-trip ticket; return ticket
復讐ふくしゅう
revenge
回復するかいふくする
to restore; to recover
修復しゅうふく
restoration; repair; mending
復活ふっかつ
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; comeback; resurrection
復帰ふっき
return; reversion; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return
復旧ふっきゅう
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
復興ふっこう
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery
復権ふっけん
rehabilitation; reinstatement; restoration of rights
復元ふくげん
restoration (to the original state or location); reconstruction; restitution
復刻ふっこく
republication; reissue; reprinting; reproduction
復調ふくちょう
recovery; return to form; regaining one's (usual) form; demodulation
報復ほうふく
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retribution; retorsion
反復はんぷく
repetition; repeat; reiteration; replication; recursion
復員ふくいん
demobilization; demobilisation; repatriation
復党ふくとう
rejoining a political party
社会復帰しゃかいふっき
rehabilitation (in society)
快復かいふく
restoration
恢復かいふく
restoration
克復こくふく
restoration
復るかえる
to return
復仇ふっきゅう
reprisal

Additional Examples

彼は父の殺されたのを復讐した。
He avenged the murder of his father.tatoeba
彼は彼らに対して友人の復讐をした。
He avenged his friend on them.tatoeba

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