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    3. 祖先

    祖先

    祖そ先せん

    ancestor

    N2KMT7News #16+1CoreNounHistoryFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab15 strokes

    そせん

    Noun

    1.
    ancestor

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    私わたしたちの祖そ先せんは日に本ほんに住すんでいました。

    Our ancestors lived in Japan.

    KMT6Family & RelationshipsHistory
    彼かれは自じ分ぶんの祖そ先せんの歴れき史しを調しらべている。

    He is researching the history of his ancestors.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsHistory
    毎まい年としお盆ぼんには、祖そ先せんの霊れいを供く養ようするためにお墓はか参まいりをする。

    Every Obon, we visit graves to honor the spirits of our ancestors.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsCulture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    人じん類るいの祖そ先せんはアフリカ大たい陸りくで誕たん生じょうしたと考かんがえられている。

    It is believed that the ancestors of humankind originated on the African continent.

    KMT7HistoryScience & Math
    祖そ先せんから受うけ継つがれた文ぶん化かや伝でん統とうは、現げん代だいにも息いきづいている。

    The culture and traditions inherited from our ancestors are still alive today.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsHistoryCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    祖
    ancestor・pioneer・founder
    先
    さき・ま.ず…(2)
    before・ahead・previous・future・precedence
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