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  1. Noun

    ancestor; forefather; progenitor

  2. originator; pioneer; inventor; founder

  3. grandfather

    orig. meaning

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祖父そふ

Noungrandfather · old man · kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

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祖母そぼ

Noungrandmother

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祖国そこく

Nounhomeland; motherland; fatherland; native country

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祖先そせん

Nounancestor

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祖父母そふぼ

Noungrandparents

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祖型そけい

Nounarchetype; prototype

祖宗そそう

Nounancestors

祖述そじゅつ

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbexposition (propagation) of one's master's teachings or doctrines

祖師そし

Nounfounder of a sect

祖語そご

Nounprotolanguage; parent language

祖廟そびょう

Nounmausoleum containing the remains of one's ancestors

祖霊それい

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

祖神そしん

Nounancestor worshipped as a deity

祖妣そひ

Noundeceased grandmother

祖考そこう

Noundeceased grandfather; deceased father and grandfather · distant ancestor; forefather

祖業そぎょう

Nounbusiness started by an ancestor; inherited business

祖形そけい

Nounprotoform

祖法そほう

Nounrules and customs handed down over the generations

祖国愛そこくあい

Nounpatriotism

祖師禅そしぜん

NounZen Buddhism based on the teachings of Bodhidharma

祖霊舎それいしゃ

Nounshrine for worshiping the spirits of ancestors

祖国復帰そこくふっき

Nounreturning to one's fatherland · reversion to Japan; return to Japan

祖先崇拝そせんすうはい

Nounancestor worship

祖先伝来そせんでんらい

Nounhereditary

祖先の霊そせんのれい

Nounancestral spirits

祖師西来そしせいらい

Nounthe coming of Bodhidharma from western India to China

祖国戦争そこくせんそう

NounPatriotic War (Russian name for the war with Napoleon in 1812)

祖先形質そせんけいしつ

Nounplesiomorphy; ancestral character

祖父祖母じじばば

Nounold people · grandparents

祖先形質共有そせんけいしつきょうゆう

Nounsymplesiomorphy; ancestral trait shared by two or more taxa

祖先の霊を祭るそせんのれいをまつる

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ru' endingto perform religious services for the departed souls of one's ancestors

おや

Nounparent; parents; mother and father · dealer; banker · founder; inventor

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婆さんばあさん

Noungrandmother · old woman; female senior citizen

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爺さんじいさん

Noungrandfather · male senior-citizen

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婆ちゃんばあちゃん

Noungranny; grandma; gran · old lady; old woman

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爺ちゃんじいちゃん

Noungrandfather · male senior-citizen

ばあちゃん子ばあちゃんこ

Nounchild who loves their grandmother · child who is doted on by their grandmother

ばあちゃんっ子ばあちゃんっこ

Nounchild who loves their grandmother · child who is doted on by their grandmother