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Meaning of 先祖 in Japanese
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先祖JLPT 2
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Kana Readingせんぞ
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Romajisenzo
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
- Meaning
- ancestor
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Examples of 先祖, せんぞ in a sentence
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Their clothes are quite like those of our ancestors.
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His ancestors went there from Ireland.
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日本人は、お盆の間先祖が自分達のところにやってきていると信じている。
During O-bon, Japanese people believe they receive a visit from an ancestor.
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Our ancestors knew how to read the stars.
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Our family has some distinguished ancestors.
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ある出来事を記念したり先祖の伝説を伝えるために建てられたものであった。
They were erected to commemorate a certain event or to tell an ancestral legend.
Related Kanji
先
JLPT 5
6 strokes
before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
On'Yomi: セン
Kun'Yomi: さき, ま.ず