輪廻（りんね）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: reincarnation / cycle of rebirth
Example sentences
- 輪廻の思想について学ぶ。 — He studies the concept of reincarnation.
- 輪廻を信じる文化がある。 — There are cultures that believe in reincarnation.
Idioms & proverbs containing “輪廻”
- 流転輪廻 (るてんりんね) — all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
- 輪廻転生 (りんねてんしょう) — all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
- 転生輪廻 (てんしょうりんね) — all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
- 六道輪廻 (ろくどうりんね) — endless circle of transmigration in the six posthumous worlds
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