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祖先

Reading

Kana: そせん
Romaji: sosen
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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ancestor

Kanji

Reading: 
Meanings: ancestor, pioneer, founder
Readings: セン、 さき、 ま.ず
Meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence

Example Sentences

あなたの祖先(そせん)をご存知(ぞんじ)ですか。
➥Do you know your forefather?
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(わたし)たちは祖先(そせん)をうやまうべきだ。
➥We should worship our ancestors.
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その学者(がくしゃ)自分(じぶん)祖先(そせん)崇拝(すうはい)している。
➥The learned man worships his ancestors.
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その部族(ぶぞく)祖先(そせん)崇拝(すうはい)している。
➥That tribe worships its ancestors.
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この()(わたし)たちは先祖(せんぞ)墓参(はかまい)りをする。
➥We visit the tombs of our ancestors on this day.
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インディアンの祖先(そせん)はアジアからやってきた。
➥The Indians' ancestors arrived from Asia.
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