生うまれ変かわり

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Meanings

noun

rebirth; reincarnation

Refers to being born again in a new body or form, often in a religious or spiritual context. Can also be used metaphorically for a fresh start or transformation.

彼かれは生うまれ変かわりを信しんじている。
He believes in reincarnation.
この作さく品ひんは彼かれの芸げい術じゅつ家かとしての生うまれ変かわりを示しめしている。
This work shows his rebirth as an artist.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉の生うまれ変かわりto be regarded as the reincarnation of someone
彼かれは有ゆう名めいな武ぶ将しょうの生うまれ変かわりだと言いわれている。
He is said to be the reincarnation of a famous warlord.
生うまれ変かわりを信しんじるto believe in reincarnation
多おおくの人ひとが生うまれ変かわりを信しんじている。
Many people believe in reincarnation.

Kanji

生life, genuine, birth
変unusual, change, strange

Related words

転てん生せい
転生 is the more formal, often Buddhist-flavored term for being reborn, while 生まれ変わり is the everyday word that can also be used metaphorically for a fresh start.
新しん生せい
生まれ変わり is a native, everyday word for rebirth or reincarnation, while 新生 is a more formal Sino-Japanese term often used in news or written contexts.

Don't confuse with

再さい生せいN2
再生 covers broader regeneration or renewal (including biological or media playback), whereas 生まれ変わり specifically means being reborn as a new being.

Written forms

生うまれ変かわりUsage87%
Standard kanji spelling.
生うまれかわりUsage13%
Mixed kanji-kana spelling, common in everyday writing.
うまれ変かわり
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, less common.

Etymology

Compound of 生まれ (umare, 'birth', the continuative form of 生まれる umareru 'to be born') + 変わり (kawari, 'change', the continuative form of 変わる kawaru 'to change').