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1. a person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, or abstract quality:

人間の姿をとること, 肉体化; (理想･観念などの)具体化.

e.g. Rama was Vishnu's incarnation on earth.

(the Incarnation) (in Christian theology) the embodiment of God the Son in human flesh as Jesus Christ.

〖the I-〗〘神〙 顕現〘神性がキリストにおいて人間の肉体に宿ったこと〙

2. (with reference to reincarnation) one of a series of lifetimes that a person spends on earth:

(輪廻における)一時期(の姿)

e.g. in my next incarnation, I'd like to be the Secretary of Fun.

the form in which a person spends an incarnation.

Middle English (as a term in Christian theology): via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin incarnatio(n-), from the verb incarnare (see incarnate).