転生

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
転	生
てん Grade: 3	しょう Grade: 1
goon

Alternative spelling
轉生 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 轉生 (MC trjwenX sraeng). 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

• (Tokyo) てんしょー [tèńshóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞ː]

Noun

転(てん)生(しょう) • (tenshō) ^{←てんしやう (tensyau)?}

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

Verb

転(てん)生(しょう)する • (tenshō suru) ^{←てんしやう (tensyau)?}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
kan'on

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

• (Tokyo) てんせー [tèńséé] (Heiban – [0])
• 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.

See also

• 生(う)まれ変(か)わる (umarekawaru, “to be born again, to be reborn, to be reincarnated”)

References

• “転生”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026