生まれ変わる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生 変
う
Grade: 1
か
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
生まれ變わる (kyūjitai)
生まれ変る
生れ変わる
生れ変る

Etymology

From 生(う)まれ (umare) + 変(か)わる (kawaru).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うまれかわ​る [ùmárékáwáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝma̠ɾe̞ka̠ɰᵝa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

生(う)まれ変(か)わる • (umarekawaru) ←うまれかはる (umarekafaru)?intransitive godan (stem 生(う)まれ変(か)わり (umarekawari), past 生(う)まれ変(か)わった (umarekawatta))

  1. to be born again, to be reborn, to be reincarnated

Conjugation

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References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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