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前世

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 前世.

Dictionary

Entry

前世んせNounFreq #122001
1

one's previous life; previous existence

Examples
「高い所って、あたしは好きだなぁ。あたしって、前世はきっと・・・飛行機だったのかな?」「普通、そこは鳥でしょうが」
"I rather like heights. You know, in my last life I must have been ... an aeroplane?" "Usually that would be 'bird' there."

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

in front, before

9 strokesFrequency 27JLPT N4Grade 2

On

ゼン

Kun

まえ-まえ

Nanori

さきさとまい

generation, world, society, public

5 strokesFrequency 135JLPT N3Grade 3

On

セイソウ

Kun

Nanori

としゆき

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