Noun
ancestor; forefather; progenitor
originator; pioneer; inventor; founder
grandfather
orig. meaning
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Noungrandfather · old man · kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
Noungrandmother
Nounhomeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
Nounancestor
Noungrandparents
Nounarchetype; prototype
Nounancestors
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbexposition (propagation) of one's master's teachings or doctrines
Nounfounder of a sect
Nounprotolanguage; parent language
Nounmausoleum containing the remains of one's ancestors
Nounancestor spirit; ancestral soul; spirits of one's ancestors · collective ancestral spirit; (in Japanese folk belief) spirits of one's ancestors that have lost their individual identity and merged together
Nounancestor worshipped as a deity
Noundeceased grandmother
Noundeceased grandfather; deceased father and grandfather · distant ancestor; forefather
Nounbusiness started by an ancestor; inherited business
Nounprotoform
Nounrules and customs handed down over the generations
Nounpatriotism
NounZen Buddhism based on the teachings of Bodhidharma
Nounshrine for worshiping the spirits of ancestors
Nounreturning to one's fatherland · reversion to Japan; return to Japan
Nounancestor worship
Nounhereditary
Nounancestral spirits
Nounthe coming of Bodhidharma from western India to China
NounPatriotic War (Russian name for the war with Napoleon in 1812)
Nounplesiomorphy; ancestral character
Nounold people · grandparents
Nounsymplesiomorphy; ancestral trait shared by two or more taxa
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ru' endingto perform religious services for the departed souls of one's ancestors
Nounparent; parents; mother and father · dealer; banker · founder; inventor
Noungrandmother · old woman; female senior citizen
Noungrandfather · male senior-citizen
Noungranny; grandma; gran · old lady; old woman
Noungrandfather · male senior-citizen
Nounchild who loves their grandmother · child who is doted on by their grandmother
Nounchild who loves their grandmother · child who is doted on by their grandmother