Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋɕʲo̞ː]

Noun

転生 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 轉生, hiragana てんしょう, romaji tenshō)

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

External links

• 転生 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Reincarnation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋse̞i]

Noun

転生 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 轉生, hiragana てんせい, romaji tensei)

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