- ぜんせ
- [前世] incarnation【C】.¶→前世の前世
previous existence* * *ぜんせ【前世】incarnation〖C〗.¶ → 前世の* * *ぜんせ【前世】a previous life [existence, birth]; a prior state of existence; a former life.●前世で犯した罪 sins committed in a previous life [incarnation]
・前世では in a previous incarnation.
●これは前世に悪いことをした罰だ. This is (a) punishment [retribution] for sins committed in a previous existence.
●前世の定め predestination; karma; destiny; fate
・前世の定めとあきらめる resign oneself to one's fate; accept 《one's lot》 as predestined
・これも前世の定めだ. Such is our karma. | This was foreordained.
・前世の報い retribution (for conduct in a former life).
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.