転生

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
転	生
てん Grade: 3	しょう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
轉生 (kyūjitai)

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞ː]

Noun

転(てん)生(しょう) • (tenshō) 

1. transmigration of a soul into a new body: reincarnation, metempsychosis, rebirth

Verb

転(てん)生(しょう)する • (tenshō suru) suru (stem 転(てん)生(しょう)し (tenshō shi), past 転(てん)生(しょう)した (tenshō shita))

1. to be reincarnated, to be reborn

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
転	生
てん Grade: 3	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
轉生 (kyūjitai)

Kan'on reading, so likely a later re-borrowing into Japanese. Now the more common reading of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

転(てん)生(せい) • (tensei) 

1. transmigration of a soul into a new body: reincarnation, metempsychosis, rebirth

Verb

転(てん)生(せい)する • (tensei suru) suru (stem 転(てん)生(せい)し (tensei shi), past 転(てん)生(せい)した (tensei shita))

1. to be reincarnated, to be reborn

   異世界(いせかい)に転生(てんせい)したい。

   Isekai ni tensei shitai.

   I want to be reborn into a different world.

   早(はや)く美少女(びしょうじょ)に転生(てんせい)したい。

   Hayaku bishōjo ni tensei shitai.

   I want to be reborn as a pretty girl soon.

Synonyms

• 生(う)まれ変(か)わる (umarekawaru)