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祖師禅そしぜんNoun
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Zen Buddhism based on the teachings of Bodhidharma

祖先形質共有そせんけいしつきょうゆうNoun
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symplesiomorphy; ancestral trait shared by two or more taxa

祖先形質そせんけいしつNoun
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plesiomorphy; ancestral character

祖霊舎それいしゃNoun
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Shinto

shrine for worshiping the spirits of ancestors

祖国戦争そこくせんそうNounFreq #255338
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Historical term

Patriotic War (Russian name for the war with Napoleon in 1812)

祖考そこうNounFreq #105056
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Rare term

deceased grandfather; deceased father and grandfather

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Rare term

distant ancestor; forefather

祖妣そひNounArchaicFreq #148885
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deceased grandmother

おばあちゃんお婆ちゃんお祖母ちゃんNounUsually kanaFreq #4693
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Familiar

granny; grandma; gran

Examples
あの人たちは私のことをおばあちゃんだと言う。
They say that I'm an old woman.
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Familiar

old lady; old woman

先祖せんぞNounFreq #6931
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ancestor; forefather; foremother

Examples
ある出来事を記念したり先祖の伝説を伝えるために建てられたものであった。
They were erected to commemorate a certain event or to tell an ancestral legend.
おじいちゃんお爺ちゃんお祖父ちゃんNounUsually kanaFreq #8299
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Familiar

grandpa; granddad

Examples
私のおじいちゃんは大工です。
My grandfather is a carpenter.
じいさん爺さん祖父さんNounUsually kanaFreq #8794
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Usu. 祖父さん; may be used after name as honorific

grandfather

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Usu. 爺さん; may be used after name as honorific

male senior-citizen

Examples
正直じいさんは、金持ちになった。
The honest old man became rich.
おじいさんお祖父さんお爺さんNounUsually kanaFreq #8895
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Usu. お祖父さん when written with kanji

grandfather

Examples
おじいさんは少し耳が遠いんだ。
My grandfather is a bit hard of hearing.
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Usu. お爺さん when written with kanji

male senior-citizen; old man

Examples
おじいさんはその木の人形をピノキオと名づけました。
The old man named the wooden doll Pinocchio.
おばあさんお祖母さんお婆さんNounUsually kanaFreq #10289
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Usu. お祖母さん when written with kanji

grandmother

Examples
ジョンのおばあさんは長い間病に伏せていたが、亡くなった。
John's grandmother passed away after a long illness.
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Usu. お婆さん when written with kanji

old woman; female senior citizen

Examples
お祖母さんが座布団の上にちんまりとすわっていました。
The old woman was snugly sitting on a cushion.
じいちゃん爺ちゃん祖父ちゃんNounUsually kanaFreq #11887
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Familiar

grandfather

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male senior-citizen

ばあちゃん婆ちゃん祖母ちゃんNounUsually kanaFreq #11890
1

Familiar

granny; grandma; gran

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Familiar

old lady; old woman

ばあさん婆さん祖母さんばーさんNounUsually kanaFreq #13272
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Usu. 祖母さん

grandmother

Examples
今日は、ばーさんのお使いを兼ねて街で買い物。
Today I'm shopping in town as well as running an errand for my grandmother.
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婆さん

old woman; female senior citizen

Examples
「店のばーさんは、すげー愛想悪いんだけどさー」「大輝、聞こえとるぞ」「げっ・・・」
"The old lady of this shop is very unsociable but ..." "Taiki, I can hear you!" "Ack!"
始祖しそNounFreq #17874
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founder; originator; pioneer

教祖きょうそNounFreq #25967
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founder of a religious sect

先祖代々先祖代代せんぞだいだいFreq #29225
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Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Common noun

ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation

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Adverb (fukushi)

for generations; from generation to generation

元祖がんそNounFreq #33826
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originator; pioneer; inventor; founder

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progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line

おばあさまおばあ様お祖母様お婆様NounHonorificUsually kanaFreq #35376
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Usu. お祖母様 when written with kanji

grandmother

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Usu. お婆様 when written with kanji

old woman; female senior citizen

開祖かいそNounFreq #35579
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(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor

曾祖父曽祖父そうそふひいじじひじじひおおじNounFreq #39016
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great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad

Examples
曾祖父の代から東京に住んでいます。
My family came to live in Tokyo in my great-grandfather's time.
真祖しんそNounFreq #43446
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(in fiction) person changed into a vampire by magic

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