Illustration: At a ceramics conservation workbench, a craftsperson fits the final curved fragment into a reconstructed household vase. Fine joins trace the assembled pieces, and the remaining gap precisely matches the fragment between their fingers.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

復ふく元げん

fukugen

to restore, to reconstruct

Example sentences

  1. その塔とうを復元ふくげんしてはどうかと提案ていあんされた。

    It was suggested that the tower be restored.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. その建築家けんちくかはその建物たてものを復元ふくげんしてはどうかと提案ていあんした。

    The architect suggested that the building be restored.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 発掘調査はっくつちょうさが進すすめられており、現在井戸げんざいいどなどが復元ふくげんされている。

    Excavation and research are under way, and various items including a well have been restored.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 復元

  • 復restore; return toOnフクKunまた
  • 元beginning; former timeOnゲン・ガンKunもと

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