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    3. 前世

    前世

    前ぜん世せい

    antiquity

    KMT9News #37+1NounHistoryReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab14 strokes

    ぜんせい

    Noun

    1.
    antiquity, the previous era

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    彼かの女じょは前ぜん世せで猫ねこだったと信しんじている。

    She believes she was a cat in a past life.

    KMT7Religion & PhilosophyAnimals
    この場ば所しょは前ぜん世せの記き憶おくを呼よび起おこすような不ふ思し議ぎな雰ふん囲い気きがある。

    This place has a mysterious atmosphere that seems to evoke memories of a past life.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCore Concepts
    彼かれは前ぜん世せからの因いん縁ねんを感かんじると言いっていた。

    He said he felt a karmic connection from a past life.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyEmotions & Psychology
    この古ふるい建たて物ものは、前ぜん世せの面おも影かげを色いろ濃こく残のこしている。

    This old building strongly retains the vestiges of a previous era.

    KMT9HistoryArt & Design
    仏ぶっ教きょうの輪りん廻ねて転ん生しょうの思し想そうでは、現げん在ざいの行ぎょういが前ぜん世せと来らい世せいに影えい響きょうを与あたえると考かんがえられている。

    In the Buddhist concept of reincarnation, it is believed that current actions affect past and future lives.

    KMT10Religion & Philosophyphilosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    前
    まえ・-まえ…(4)
    in front・before
    世
    よ…(6)
    generation・world・society・public
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