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祖そ先せん
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Meanings
Noun
1. ancestor
Kanji used
祖grandparent先before (timewise)
Pitch accent
そせん
Used in vocabulary
祖そ先せん崇すう拝はい
ancestor worship
Noun
祖そ先せん伝でん来らい
hereditary
Noun
共きょう通つう祖そ先せん
common ancestor
Noun
最もっとも近ちかい共きょう通つう祖そ先せん
most recent common ancestor
Expression
祖そ先せん形けい質しつ共きょう有ゆう
symplesiomorphy; ancestral trait shared by two or more taxa
Noun
祖そ先せん形けい質しつ
plesiomorphy; ancestral character
Noun
Examples10
We should worship our ancestors.
Do you know your forefather?
The learned man worships his ancestors.
That tribe worships its ancestors.
The Indians' ancestors arrived from Asia.
Our ancestors came to this country 150 years ago.