来らい世せ信しん仰こう

Meanings

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noun

belief in the afterlife; belief in the next world

Refers to the religious or spiritual conviction that life continues after death in another realm.

多おおくの宗しゅう教きょうには来らい世せ信しん仰こうがある。
Many religions have a belief in the afterlife.

face-up, look up, depend

Similar words

来らい世せ
来世 means 'the next world' or 'the afterlife' as a place or state, while 来世信仰 is the belief in such an afterlife.
死し後ごの世せ界かい
死後の世界 is a more descriptive phrase meaning 'the world after death', often used in secular contexts, whereas 来世信仰 is a formal term for the belief itself.

Etymology

Compound of 来世 (raise, 'next world') and 信仰 (shinkō, 'belief'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a straightforward Sino-Japanese formation.