Frequency rank: 1,559.
- one's previous life; previous existence
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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- one's previous life; previous existence
This word is used in Buddhism and some spiritual beliefs to refer to the life a person had before their current one.
Example sentences
2 results
"I rather like heights. You know, in my last life I must have been ... an aeroplane?" "Usually that would be 'bird' there."
2. ねっとネットでしりあった知り合ったこのじょせい女性、ぷろふぃいるプロフィールではわからなかった分からなかったけど、ぜんせい前世とかひきよせ引き寄せといったおかるとオカルトてき的なことがらがきょうみ興味のちゅうしん中心みたいだ。
I couldn't tell what kind of person this girl I met on the internet was from her profile, but something about her still piqued my curiosity, as though I had met her in a previous life, or something occult-ish like that, anyways.