子し孫そん

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

Refers to one's descendants, children, grandchildren, and later generations. Often used in formal, historical, or biological contexts.

子し孫そんを残のこすto leave descendants/offspring behind
この動どう物ぶつは絶ぜつ滅めつの危き機きにあり、子し孫そんを残のこすのが難むずかしい。
This animal is endangered, and it is hard for it to leave descendants.
子し孫そんに〈物もの〉を伝つたえるto pass something down to one's descendants
この土と地ちを子し孫そんに伝つたえていくつもりだ。
I intend to pass this land down to my descendants.
子し孫そんが途と絶だえるfor a family line/descendants to die out
その家か系けいは子し孫そんが途と絶だえてしまった。
That family line died out with no descendants left.

末まつ裔えい
末裔 is a more literary, often distant-generation term for 'descendant', while 子孫 is the everyday word covering children through remote descendants.
後こう世せい
子孫 refers specifically to one's own descendants or offspring, while 後世 refers more broadly to future generations or the world after one's time.
のちN3
子孫 is the standard modern word for 'descendants,' while 後（のち）in this sense is archaic and rarely used today.
後こう者しゃN3
子孫 means blood descendants and is the everyday word, while 後者 used for 'those who come after' is an uncommon, formal usage.

先せん祖ぞN3
先祖 means 'ancestor', looking back to earlier generations, while 子孫 means 'descendant', looking forward to later generations.
祖そ
子孫 means descendants, the direct opposite of 祖, which refers to the ancestor or founder at the start of a lineage.
祖そ先せんN3
祖先 means the ancestors who came before, while 子孫 means the descendants who come after.
元がん祖そ
子孫 means 'descendants', the opposite of 元祖, which is the founding ancestor a family line traces back to.

子し息そくN1
子息 (しそく) means 'someone's son', while the similarly-pronounced 子孫 (しそん) means 'descendants'; learners often mix up the readings.

Composed of 子 (child) and 孫 (grandchild), together meaning descendants or posterity. The reading しそん is the standard Sino-Japanese on'yomi.