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生まれたかった

wanted to be born

→ 生まれる
生まれ be born + たかっ Desiderative (want to) + た past tense
verb · past desiderative Rare #34,592
wanted to be born Often translated as “wished I had been born” when expressing a regret or unrealized wish about the past.
JA: もっと昔の時代に生まれたかった。
EN: I wish I had been born in an earlier era.
Conjugation of 生まれる
Desiderative past
生まれたかった

男に生まれたかったなぁ。

I wish I’d been born a man.

カナダ人に生まれたかった。

I wish I had been born Canadian.

人間じゃなくて兎として生まれたかった。

I wish I had been born as a rabbit instead of a human.

もっと普通の子に生まれたかった。

I wish I had been born a more ordinary person.

男に生まれたかったってよく思う。

I often wish I had been born a man.