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祖父そふCommon wordN4Nounsgrandfather · old man · kyogen mask for an old man role
祖母そぼCommon wordN4Nounsgrandmother
先祖せんぞCommon wordN3Nounsancestor; forefather; foremother
元祖がんそCommon wordNounsoriginator; pioneer; founder · progenitor; founder of a family line
祖国そこくCommon wordNounshomeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
祖先そせんCommon wordN3Nounsancestor; forebear
祖父母そふぼCommon wordN2Nounsgrandparents
教祖きょうそCommon wordNounsfounder of a religious sect
始祖しそNounsfounder; originator; pioneer
開祖かいそNounsfounder of a sect; originator; apostle
父祖ふそNounsancestors; forefathers
曾祖母そうそぼNounsgreat-grandmother
曽祖父そうそふNounsgreat-grandfather
祖師そしNounsfounder of a sect; patriarch
祖神そしんNounsancestral deity; deified ancestor
高祖こうそNounsfounder of a dynasty; founder of a sect
宗祖しゅうそCommon wordNounssect founder; founder of a religious denomination
道祖神どうそじんNounstraveler's guardian deity
皇祖こうそNounsfounder of an empire; imperial ancestor
人祖じんそNounsprogenitor; ancestor of humanity
初祖しょそNounsfirst generation; founder of a family, school, or sect
卵祖細胞らんそさいぼうNounsoogonium
同祖どうそNounscommon ancestry; sharing a common ancestor
天祖てんそNounsthe ancestral Sun Goddess; Amaterasu
太祖たいそNounsfounder; progenitor; first emperor
御高祖頭巾おこそずきんNounsokoso-zukin; full-head kerchief worn by women in winter
日琉祖語にちりゅうそごNounsProto-Japonic; Proto-Japanese-Ryukyuan
曽祖父母そうそふぼNounsgreat-grandparents
皇祖妣こうそひNounsdeceased grandmother of the emperor
真祖しんそNounstrue ancestor; original vampire
祖型そけいNounsarchetype; prototype
祖妣そひNounsdeceased grandmother
祖宗そそうNounsancestors
お祖師様おそしさまNounsfounder of our sect; our revered founder
祖廟そびょうNounsancestral mausoleum
祖形そけいNounsprotoform; ancestral form
祖業そぎょうNounsancestral business; inherited family business
祖考そこうNounsdeceased grandfather; deceased father and grandfather · distant ancestor; forefather
祖語そごNounsprotolanguage; parent language
インド・ヨーロッパ祖語インドヨーロッパそごNounsProto-Indo-European language