Meaning of 前世(ぜんせ) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 前世

Kana Reading ぜんせ

Romaji zense

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

previous existence

Examples of 前世, ぜんせ in a sentence

「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."

Related Kanji

世 JLPT 4

5 strokes

generation, world, society, public

On'Yomi: セイ, セ, ソウ

Kun'Yomi: よ, さんじゅう

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前 JLPT 5

9 strokes

in front, before

On'Yomi: ゼン

Kun'Yomi: まえ, -まえ

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