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先祖
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 先祖.
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Entry
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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.
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