未み生しょう以い前ぜん

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun, adverb

before one's birth; before one was born

Literary or philosophical expression, often used in Buddhist or poetic contexts to refer to the time before one's existence. Can function as a noun, no-adjective, or adverb.

• 未み生しょう以い前ぜんの自じ分ぶんについて考かんがえるのは難むずかしい。

  It is difficult to think about oneself before birth.

• 彼かれは未み生しょう以い前ぜんの世せ界かいを想そう像ぞうしようとした。

  He tried to imagine the world before he was born.