隔かく世せい遺い伝でん

か

く

せ

い

で

ん

Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

atavism; throwback; reappearance of an ancestral trait

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)

Biological term for a trait reappearing after skipping one or more generations. Also used figuratively for any trait or behavior that seems to come from an ancestor.

彼かれの赤

あか

毛げ

は

隔かく

世せい

遺い

伝でん

だ

そう

だ

。

His red hair is said to be a case of atavism.

隔かく世せい遺い伝でんで祖そ父ふにそっくりな顔かお立だちになった。

Through atavism, he ended up with features just like his grandfather's.