- 生活【せいかつ】 - life, living, livelihood, (one's) living 
- 活動【かつどう】 - activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.), action, movie (esp. during the silent movie period) 
- 復活【ふっかつ】 - revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.), restoration, return, comeback, resurrection, rebirth 
- 活躍【かつやく】 - activity (esp. energetic or successful), great efforts, active participation, walking about with great vigor 
- 部活【ぶかつ】 - club activities, extracurricular activities 
- 活用【かつよう】 - practical use, application, conjugation, inflection 
- 活動家【かつどうか】 - activist 
- 結婚生活【けっこんせいかつ】 - wedded life, married life 
- 私生活【しせいかつ】 - private life 
- 活発【かっぱつ】 - lively, active, vigorous, animated, brisk 
- 活力【かつりょく】 - vitality, energy, dynamism 
- 活字【かつじ】 - printing type, movable type, printed text, print 
- 活気【かっき】 - energy, vigour, vigor, liveliness, spirit, life, animation 
- 自活【じかつ】 - self-support 
- 活性【かっせい】 - active 
- 食生活【しょくせいかつ】 - eating habits 
- 快活【かいかつ】 - cheerful, lively, lighthearted 
- 活路【かつろ】 - means of survival, means of escape, way out of a difficulty 
- 死活【しかつ】 - life and death, life or death 
- 活況【かっきょう】 - activity, briskness, prosperity