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    3. 来世

    来世

    来らい世せ

    afterlife

    KMT9News #37+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab12 strokes

    らいせらいせい

    Noun

    1.
    afterlife, the next world, the world beyond
    Buddhism

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    来らい世せを信しんじる。

    To believe in the afterlife.

    KMT6Religion & Philosophy
    仏ぶっ教きょうでは、来らい世せでの幸こう福ふくを願ねがうことが多おおい。

    In Buddhism, people often wish for happiness in the afterlife.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    多おおくの宗しゅう教きょうにおいて、来らい世せの概がい念ねんは重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたす。

    In many religions, the concept of the afterlife plays an important role.

    KMT9Religion & Philosophy
    日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな物ものが語たりには、現げん世せと来らい世せを行いき来きするような話はなしも多おおい。

    Many traditional Japanese stories involve narratives of moving between this world and the afterlife.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsLiterature
    彼かれは来らい世せで愛あいする人ひとと再さい会かいできると信しんじて、困こん難なんな人じん生せいを乗のり越こえた。

    He overcame a difficult life, believing he could reunite with his loved one in the afterlife.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    来
    く.る・きた.る・きた.す・き.たす・き.たる・き…(7)
    come・due・next・cause・become
    世
    よ…(6)
    generation・world・society・public
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