転生

From Middle Chinese 轉生. Compare modern Mandarin 轉生／转生 (zhuǎnshēng).

Go'on, so likely the original reading borrowed into Japanese. Now the less common reading of this term.

• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞ː]

転(てん)生(しょう) • (tenshō) 

1. transmigration of a soul into a new body: reincarnation, metempsychosis, rebirth

転(てん)生(しょう)する • (tenshō suru) suru (stem 転(てん)生(しょう)し (tenshō shi), past 転(てん)生(しょう)した (tenshō shita))

1. to be reincarnated, to be reborn

Kan'on reading, so likely a later re-borrowing into Japanese. Now the more common reading of this term.

• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ː]

転(てん)生(せい) • (tensei) 

1. transmigration of a soul into a new body: reincarnation, metempsychosis, rebirth

転(てん)生(せい)する • (tensei suru) suru (stem 転(てん)生(せい)し (tensei shi), past 転(てん)生(せい)した (tensei shita))

1. to be reincarnated, to be reborn

   異世界(いせかい)に転生(てんせい)したい。

   Isekai ni tensei shitai.

   I want to be reborn into a different world.

   早(はや)く美少女(びしょうじょ)に転生(てんせい)したい。

   Hayaku bishōjo ni tensei shitai.

   I want to be reborn as a pretty girl soon.

• 生(う)まれ変(か)わる (umarekawaru)