生(う)まれ変(か)わり

うまれかわり

noun

reincarnation; rebirth

religion

1. reincarnation; a reborn person

Being born again into a new life after death, or a person regarded as the reborn form of someone from the past.

猫(ねこ)の生(う)まれ変(か)わりだと言(い)われた。

I was told I was the reincarnation of a cat.

かれは祖父(そふ)の生(う)まれ変(か)わりのようだ。

He seems like the reincarnation of his grandfather.

改装(かいそう)した店(みせ)は、まるで生(う)まれ変(か)わりのようにがらりと明(あか)るくなった。

The renovated shop became completely bright, as if it had been reborn.

The noun form of 生(う)まれ変(か)わる (to be reborn). Refers to reincarnation in a religious sense, or to someone seen as another person reborn. The verb form is also widely used figuratively for renewal or transformation.

Common collocations

~の生(う)まれ変(か)わり: the reincarnation of ~
生(う)まれ変(か)わったように: as if reborn; completely changed

Similar words

転生(てんせい): reincarnation — more formal; common in fiction such as 異世界(いせかい)転生(てんせい)
輪廻(りんね): the cycle of rebirth — a Buddhist concept of the whole cycle, not a single rebirth

Related Words

Compare: 転生(てんせい) (reincarnation)

Compare: 輪廻(りんね) (the cycle of rebirth)

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Added 2026.5.16 13:08 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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