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    3. 先祖代々

    先祖代々

    先せん祖ぞ代だい々だい

    ancestral

    NTFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab23 strokes

    先祖代代

    せんぞだいだい

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    ancestral, hereditary, handed down from generation to generation

    Adverb

    2.
    for generations, from generation to generation

    Kanji that make up this word

    先
    さき・ま.ず…(2)
    before・ahead・previous・future・precedence
    祖
    ancestor・pioneer・founder
    代
    か.わる・かわ.る・かわ.り・か.わり・-がわ.り・-が.わり…(6)
    substitute・change・convert・replace・period…(6)
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