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I read once that it means something like "reconstruction" or "restoration", but that it is an example of a word that cannot be "truly" translated into English.

Could anybody here explain in detail what it means and how common it is in everyday speech in the Japanese-speaking world?

What about the associated expression "the flow of fukugen"? Would you be so kind as to help me to unravel it too?

Thanks in advance for your knowledgeable replies.

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I read once that it means something like "reconstruction" or "restoration", but that it is an example of a word that cannot be "truly" translated into English.

Could anybody here explain in detail what it means and how common it is in everyday speech in the Japanese-speaking world?

What about the associated expression "the flow of fukugen"? Would you be so kind as to help me to unravel it too?

Thanks in advance for your knowledgeable replies.

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I read once that it means something like "reconstruction" or "restoration", but that it is an example of a word that cannot be "truly" translated into English.

Could anybody here explain in detail what it means and how common it is in everyday speech in the Japanese-speaking world?

What about the associated expression "the flow of fukugen"? Would you be so kind as to help me to unravel it too?

Thanks in advance for your knowledgeable replies.

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I read once that it means something like "reconstruction" or "restoration", but that it is an example of a word that cannot be "truly" translated into English.

Could anybody here explain in detail what it means and how common it is in everyday speech in the Japanese-speaking world?

What about the associated expression "the flow of fukugen"? Would you be so kind as to help me to unravel it too?

Thanks in advance for your knowledgeable replies.

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The word is made of two kanji: 復 (fuku) 元 (gen)

• 復 (fuku) means "restore"


• 元 (gen) means "origin"

Put together, the word 復元 has the following definitions:

JMDict (Japanese-English dictionary)

restoration (to original state); reconstruction

三省堂　スーパー大辞林 (Japanese dictionary)

もとの状態や位置に戻すこと。「遺跡の住居を―する」

Translation: The act of returning something to its original condition or position. [Restoring the dwellings of historical ruins]

By brief Google survey, the main usages of 復元 seem to be for restoring lost data (in computers), restoring various historical items and artifacts, and so on. Not very different from the English equivalent.

By some Google searching, 復元の流れ (fukugen no nagare - "the flow of restoration") seems to be an inscription on a stone monument at the Tenryū-ji (天龍寺) temple in Kyoto, which is placed near a small man-made stream of water. The inscription "復元" appears in other locations in this temple too. They appear to be memorials for when the temple was set on fire during the Kinmon incident, or perhaps one of the many other times the temple was set on fire. I guess it's just a short phrase to remind people of the ongoing recovery from those disasters.

As far as Google serves me, I don't see any particular other usage of this phrase, other than people occasionally using it to mean like... "the (work)flow of restoration", in eg. a step-by-step guide on how to restore computer data.

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It means "reconstruction", as you said.
https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/復原/#je-65590

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The word is made of two kanji: 復 (fuku) 元 (gen)

• 復 (fuku) means "restore"


• 元 (gen) means "origin"

Put together, the word 復元 has the following definitions:

JMDict (Japanese-English dictionary)

restoration (to original state); reconstruction

三省堂　スーパー大辞林 (Japanese dictionary)

もとの状態や位置に戻すこと。「遺跡の住居を―する」

Translation: The act of returning something to its original condition or position. [Restoring the dwellings of historical ruins]

By brief Google survey, the main usages of 復元 seem to be for restoring lost data (in computers), restoring various historical items and artifacts, and so on. Not very different from the English equivalent.

By some Google searching, 復元の流れ (fukugen no nagare - "the flow of restoration") seems to be an inscription on a stone monument at the Tenryū-ji (天龍寺) temple in Kyoto, which is placed near a small man-made stream of water. The inscription "復元" appears in other locations in this temple too. They appear to be memorials for when the temple was set on fire during the Kinmon incident, or perhaps one of the many other times the temple was set on fire. I guess it's just a short phrase to remind people of the ongoing recovery from those disasters.

As far as Google serves me, I don't see any particular other usage of this phrase, other than people occasionally using it to mean like... "the (work)flow of restoration", in eg. a step-by-step guide on how to restore computer data.

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The word is made of two kanji: 復 (fuku) 元 (gen)

• 復 (fuku) means "restore"


• 元 (gen) means "origin"

Put together, the word 復元 has the following definitions:

JMDict (Japanese-English dictionary)

restoration (to original state); reconstruction

三省堂　スーパー大辞林 (Japanese dictionary)

もとの状態や位置に戻すこと。「遺跡の住居を―する」

Translation: The act of returning something to its original condition or position. [Restoring the dwellings of historical ruins]

By brief Google survey, the main usages of 復元 seem to be for restoring lost data (in computers), restoring various historical items and artifacts, and so on. Not very different from the English equivalent.

By some Google searching, 復元の流れ (fukugen no nagare - "the flow of restoration") seems to be an inscription on a stone monument at the Tenryū-ji (天龍寺) temple in Kyoto, which is placed near a small man-made stream of water. The inscription "復元" appears in other locations in this temple too. They appear to be memorials for when the temple was set on fire during the Kinmon incident, or perhaps one of the many other times the temple was set on fire. I guess it's just a short phrase to remind people of the ongoing recovery from those disasters.

As far as Google serves me, I don't see any particular other usage of this phrase, other than people occasionally using it to mean like... "the (work)flow of restoration", in eg. a step-by-step guide on how to restore computer data.

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The word is made of two kanji: 復 (fuku) 元 (gen)

• 復 (fuku) means "restore"


• 元 (gen) means "origin"

Put together, the word 復元 has the following definitions:

JMDict (Japanese-English dictionary)

restoration (to original state); reconstruction

三省堂　スーパー大辞林 (Japanese dictionary)

もとの状態や位置に戻すこと。「遺跡の住居を―する」

Translation: The act of returning something to its original condition or position. [Restoring the dwellings of historical ruins]

By brief Google survey, the main usages of 復元 seem to be for restoring lost data (in computers), restoring various historical items and artifacts, and so on. Not very different from the English equivalent.

By some Google searching, 復元の流れ (fukugen no nagare - "the flow of restoration") seems to be an inscription on a stone monument at the Tenryū-ji (天龍寺) temple in Kyoto, which is placed near a small man-made stream of water. The inscription "復元" appears in other locations in this temple too. They appear to be memorials for when the temple was set on fire during the Kinmon incident, or perhaps one of the many other times the temple was set on fire. I guess it's just a short phrase to remind people of the ongoing recovery from those disasters.

As far as Google serves me, I don't see any particular other usage of this phrase, other than people occasionally using it to mean like... "the (work)flow of restoration", in eg. a step-by-step guide on how to restore computer data.

share|improve this answer

edited 3 hours ago

answered 3 hours ago

Nicolas Louis Guillemot

538113

The word is made of two kanji: 復 (fuku) 元 (gen)

• 復 (fuku) means "restore"


• 元 (gen) means "origin"

Put together, the word 復元 has the following definitions:

JMDict (Japanese-English dictionary)

restoration (to original state); reconstruction

三省堂　スーパー大辞林 (Japanese dictionary)

もとの状態や位置に戻すこと。「遺跡の住居を―する」

Translation: The act of returning something to its original condition or position. [Restoring the dwellings of historical ruins]

By brief Google survey, the main usages of 復元 seem to be for restoring lost data (in computers), restoring various historical items and artifacts, and so on. Not very different from the English equivalent.

By some Google searching, 復元の流れ (fukugen no nagare - "the flow of restoration") seems to be an inscription on a stone monument at the Tenryū-ji (天龍寺) temple in Kyoto, which is placed near a small man-made stream of water. The inscription "復元" appears in other locations in this temple too. They appear to be memorials for when the temple was set on fire during the Kinmon incident, or perhaps one of the many other times the temple was set on fire. I guess it's just a short phrase to remind people of the ongoing recovery from those disasters.

As far as Google serves me, I don't see any particular other usage of this phrase, other than people occasionally using it to mean like... "the (work)flow of restoration", in eg. a step-by-step guide on how to restore computer data.

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It means "reconstruction", as you said.
https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/復原/#je-65590

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It means "reconstruction", as you said.
https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/復原/#je-65590

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It means "reconstruction", as you said.
https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/復原/#je-65590

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answered 29 mins ago

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It means "reconstruction", as you said.
https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/復原/#je-65590

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