転生
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 転 | 生 |
| てん Grade: 3 |
しょう Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi | |
From Middle Chinese 轉生. Compare modern Mandarin 轉生／转生 (zhuǎnshēng).
Go'on, so likely the original reading borrowed into Japanese. Now the less common reading of this term.
Noun
転生 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 轉生, hiragana てんしょう, rōmaji tenshō)
- transmigration of a soul into a new body: reincarnation, metempsychosis, rebirth
Further reading
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 転 | 生 |
| てん Grade: 3 |
せい Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi | |
Kan'on reading, so likely a later re-borrowing into Japanese. Now the more common reading of this term.
Noun
転生 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 轉生, hiragana てんせい, rōmaji tensei)
- transmigration of a soul into a new body: reincarnation, metempsychosis, rebirth
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