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祖 — Kanji · 9 strokes
ancestor · pioneer · founder
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Jōyō · elementary grade 5 #1226 most frequent in newspapers
Words starting with 祖
祖ancestor · forefather · progenitor祖国homeland · motherland · fatherland祖父grandfather · old man · kyogen mask used for the role of an old man祖母grandmother祖父母grandparents祖先ancestor祖型archetype · prototype祖宗ancestors
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祖述exposition (propagation) of one's master's teachings or doctrines祖師founder of a sect祖語protolanguage · parent language祖廟mausoleum containing the remains of one's ancestors祖霊ancestor spirit · ancestral soul · spirits of one's ancestors祖神ancestor worshipped as a deity祖妣deceased grandmother祖考deceased grandfather · deceased father and grandfather · distant ancestor祖業business started by an ancestor · inherited business祖形protoform祖法rules and customs handed down over the generations祖堅Soken
Words containing 祖
親parent · parents · mother and father先祖ancestor · forefather · foremother元祖originator · pioneer · inventor教祖founder of a religious sect開祖(sect) founder · apostle · originator始祖founder · originator · pioneer宗祖sect founder父祖ancestors
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お祖父さんgrandfather · male senior-citizen · old manお祖母さんgrandmother · old woman · female senior citizen婆さんgrandmother · old woman · female senior citizenお婆ちゃんgranny · grandma · gran婆ちゃんgranny · grandma · gran爺さんgrandfather · male senior-citizen遠祖remote ancestor · forefather外祖父maternal grandfather御高祖頭巾okoso-zukin · kerchief covering the whole head (except eyes), worn by women in winter from the Edo period until Meiji始祖鳥Archaeopteryx · extinct genus of early birds人祖progenitor先つ祖ancestor先の祖ancestor先祖伝来inherited · family (heirloom) · ancestral太祖founder · progenitor · emperor中興の祖restorer of a dynasty · ancestor who rejuvenated a family天祖the ancestral Sun Goddess天津御祖imperial ancestor同祖common ancestry · sharing a common ancestor鼻祖founder · originator · introducer仏祖Founder of Buddhism亡祖父deceased grandfather · (one's) late grandfather曽祖父great-grandfather · great-granddad · great-grandad曾祖母great-grandmother · great-grandma大叔父granduncle高祖父great-great-grandfather皇祖(divine, historical or legendary) founder of an empire道祖神traveler's guardian deity (traveller)外祖母maternal grandmother高祖founder of dynasty or sect高祖母great-great-grandmother先祖の位牌ancestral tablet大祖父great-grandfather日ユ同祖論Japanese-Jewish common ancestry theoryお爺ちゃんgrandpa · granddad
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