祖 — ancestor, pioneer, founder

Common words with 祖

• 祖国そこくhomeland; motherland; fatherland; native countryCommon

  この記念碑は祖国に命を捧げた兵士を祭っている。
  This monument is dedicated to the soldiers who gave their lives to their country.

• 祖父そふgrandfatherCommon

  我々は祖父の名前を息子に名付けた。
  We named my son after my grandfather.

• 祖母そぼgrandmotherCommon

  私は祖母が大好きです。
  I love my grandmother very much.

• 先祖せんぞancestor; forefather; foremotherCommon
• 祖父母そふぼgrandparentsCommon
• 祖先そせんancestorCommon
• 祖そancestor; forefather; progenitorCommon
• 元祖がんそoriginator; pioneer; inventor; founderCommon
• 教祖きょうそfounder of a religious sectCommon
• お祖父さんおじいさんgrandfatherCommon
• お祖母さんおばあさんgrandmotherCommon
• 宗祖しゅうそsect founderCommon
• 開祖かいそ(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventorOccasional
• 始祖しそfounder; originator; pioneerOccasional
• 父祖ふそancestorsOccasional
• 祖父おおじold man · also: grandfatherRare
• 大祖父おおおおじgreat-grandfatherRare
• お祖母ちゃまおばあちゃまgrandma; grannyRare
• 先祖代々せんぞだいだいancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generationRare
• 祖父祖母じじばばold peopleRare

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