| お高祖頭巾 | おこそずきん
| (n) kerchief worn by women in former times in
Japan in cold weather, covering the whole head (except eyes)/ |
| お祖父さん | おじいさん | (n) grandfather/male senior-citizen/(P)/ |
| お祖母さん | おばあさん | (n) grandmother/female senior-citizen/(P)/ |
| 医学の祖 | いがくのそ | founder of medical science/ |
| 遠祖 | えんそ
| (n) forefathers/remote ancestors/ |
| 開祖 | かいそ
| (n) (sect)
founder/apostle/originator/inventor/ |
| 外祖父 | がいそふ
| (n) maternal grandfather/ |
| 外祖母 | がいそぼ | (n) maternal grandmother/ |
| 共同祖界 | きょうどうそかい
| international settlement/ |
| 教祖 | きょうそ
| (n) founder of a religious sect/ |
| 元祖 | がんそ
| (n)
originator/founder/pioneer/inventor/(P)/ |
| 御高祖頭巾 | おこそずきん
| (n) kerchief worn by women in former times in
Japan in cold weather, covering the whole head (except eyes)/ |
| 御祖父さん | おじいさん | (n) grandfather/male senior-citizen/ |
| 御祖母さん | おばあさん | (n) grandmother/female senior-citizen/ |
| 皇祖 | こうそ
| (n) (divine, historical or legendary) founder
of an empire/ |
| 高祖 | こうそ | (n) founder of dynasty or sect/ |
| 高祖父 | こうそふ | (n) great-great-grandfather/ |
| 高祖母 | こうそぼ | (n) great-great-grandmother/ |
| 始祖 | しそ
| (n) founder/originator/pioneer/ |
| 始祖鳥 | しそちょう | (n) archaeopteryx/ |
| 宗祖 | しゅうそ
| (n) sect founder/(P)/ |
| 人猿同祖説 | じんえんどうそせつ | monkey-ancestry theory/ |
| 人祖 | じんそ
| progenitor/ |
| 先つ祖 | さきつおや
| ancestor/ |
| 先の祖 | さきのおや
| ancestor/ |
| 先祖 | せんぞ
| (n) ancestor/(P)/ |
| 先祖の位牌 | せんぞのいはい | ancestral tablet/ |
| 先祖伝来 | せんぞでんらい
| (adj-no) inherited/ |
| 曾祖父 | そうそふ | (n) great-grandfather/ |
| 曾祖父 | ひいじじ | (n) great-grandfather/ |
| 曾祖父 | ひおうじ | (n) great-grandfather/ |
| 曾祖父 | ひじじ | (n) great-grandfather/ |
| 曾祖母 | そうそぼ | (n) great-grandmother/ |
| 曾祖母 | ひいばば | (n) great-grandmother/ |
| 曾祖母 | ひおおば | (n) great-grandmother/ |
| 曾祖母 | ひばば | (n) great-grandmother/ |
| 太祖 | たいそ
| (n) founder/progenitor/emperor/ |
| 大祖父 | だいそふ | great-grandfather/ |
| 中興の祖 | ちゅうこうのそ | ancestor who rejuvenated a dynasty or a
family/ |
| 天祖 | てんそ | (n) the ancestral Sun Goddess/ |
| 天津御祖 | あまつみおや
| imperial ancestor/ |
| 同祖 | どうそ
| common ancestor/ |
| 道祖神 | どうそじん | (n) traveler's guardian deity/ |
| 日猶同祖論 | にちゆうどうそろん | hypothesis that Jews and Japanese are of common
ancestry/ |
| 鼻祖 | びそ | (n) founder/originator/introducer/ |
| 父祖 | ふそ
| (n) ancestors/ |
| 仏祖 | ぶっそ
| (n) Founder of Buddhism/ |
| 亡祖父 | ぼうそふ | deceased (one's late) grandfather/ |
Japanese - English dictionary courtesy of Jim Breen.
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