31 results for *祖

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  1. Noun

    parent; parents; mother and father

    アナは、親が知らないうちに結婚した。
    Anna married without the knowledge of her parents.
  2. dealer; banker

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  3. founder; inventor

  4. (pet) owner

  5. Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun

    key; parent (organization); main

  6. Noun

    ancestor; forefather

Also written 祖【おや】

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Nounancestor; forefather; progenitor · originator; pioneer; inventor; founder · grandfather

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教祖きょうそ

Nounfounder of a religious sect

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元祖がんそ

Nounoriginator; pioneer; inventor; founder · progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line

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宗祖しゅうそ

Nounsect founder

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先祖せんぞ

Nounancestor; forefather; foremother

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遠祖えんそ

Nounremote ancestor; forefather

開祖かいそ

Noun(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor

始祖しそ

Nounfounder; originator; pioneer

人祖じんそ

Nounprogenitor

太祖たいそ

Nounfounder; progenitor; emperor

天祖てんそ

Nounthe ancestral Sun Goddess

同祖どうそ

Nouncommon ancestry; sharing a common ancestor

鼻祖びそ

Nounfounder; originator; introducer

仏祖ぶっそ

NounFounder of Buddhism

父祖ふそ

Nounancestors

皇祖こうそ

Noun(divine, historical or legendary) founder of an empire

高祖こうそ

Nounfounder of dynasty or sect

初祖しょそ

Nounthe first generation of a family; school (of thought) or religious sect

名祖なおや

Nouneponym (person after whom something is named)

皇祖おおじのみこと

Noungrandfather of the emperor

真祖しんそ

Noun(in fiction) person changed into a vampire by magic

藩祖はんそ

Nounancestor of a feudal lord · founder of a feudal domain

媽祖まそ

NounMazu (Chinese goddess of the sea)

御祖みおや

Nounancestor (esp. one's mother or grandmother)

先つ祖さきつおや

Nounancestor

先の祖さきのおや

Nounancestor

中興の祖ちゅうこうのそ

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounrestorer of a dynasty; ancestor who rejuvenated a family

天津御祖あまつみおや

Nounimperial ancestor

伝持の八祖でんじのはっそ

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounthe eight doctrinal patriarchs who expounded the teachings (Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Yi Xing, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon)

付法の八祖ふほうのはっそ

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounthe Eight Lineage Patriarchs who received the transmission of the teachings, leading back to the Vairocana Buddha (Vairocana Buddha, Vajrasattva, Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon)