This is the 8734th most frequent Japanese word.
更生
"Rehabilitation" or "rebirth," often referring to personal or social reform.
更生 in this sentence refers to rehabilitation or reform of an individual from a previously undesirable state, specifically criminal behavior.
彼は犯罪から更生しました。
He rehabilitated from his criminal past.
更生 here denotes the act of refurbishing or restoring an object (in this case, a machine) to a usable state.
この機械を更生して再利用します。
We will refurbish this machine for reuse.
In this usage, 更生 is applied to describe societal reform or improvement, emphasizing significant positive changes within the societal structure.