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Dictionary: “祖先”

祖先

そせん

ancestor

Example sentence

We should worship our ancestors.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

祖
On
そ
Kun
—
Stroke count
9

・ancestor

・pioneer

・founder

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
先
On
せん
Kun
さき;ま.ず
Stroke count
6

・before

・ahead

・previous

・future

・precedence

1 2 3 4 5 6

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Related words to 祖先

6 related words

祖先の霊

そせんのれい

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ancestral spirits

祖先の霊を祭る

そせんのれいをまつる

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to perform religious services for the departed souls of one's ancestors

祖先伝来

そせんでんらい

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hereditary

祖先崇拝

そせんすうはい

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ancestor worship

祖先形質

そせんけいしつ

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plesiomorphy;ancestral character

祖先形質共有

そせんけいしつきょうゆう

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symplesiomorphy