せんぞ

[先祖] 〔祖先〕

*ancestor

【C】祖先， 先祖(⇔descendant)

*forefather

【C】 ［通例 ～s］ 祖先， 先祖《◆主に男性をさす》(《NS》ancestor， forerunner) (⇔descendant)∥ hold one's forefathers in great veneration 先祖を深く敬う

ancestry

【U】【C】［通例 an/the ～］［集合的に］ 祖先， 先祖(⇔posterity).

¶→先祖返り

¶→先祖代々

先祖
ancestor

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せんぞ【先祖】

〔祖先〕

*ancestor

〖C〗祖先， 先祖(⇔descendant)

*forefather

〖C〗 ［通例 ～s］ 祖先， 先祖《◆主に男性をさす》(《NS》ancestor， forerunner) (⇔descendant)

hold one's forefathers in great veneration 先祖を深く敬う

ancestry

〖U〗〖C〗［通例 an/the ～］［集合的に］ 祖先， 先祖(⇔posterity).

¶ → 先祖返り

¶ → 先祖代々

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せんぞ【先祖】

an ancestor; a forefather; a progenitor; a predecessor; 【法】 a stirps 《pl. stirpes》.

●10 代前の先祖 an ancestor ten generations back.

●先祖代々の ancestral; patrimonial; hereditary

・先祖代々の家 an [one's] ancestral home; a house that has been in the family for many generations

・先祖代々の墓 a family [an ancestral] tomb

・先祖代々この寺の檀家です. We have been supporters of [worshipped at] this temple for generations.

・うちは先祖代々浄土宗だ. Our family has always belonged to the Jodo sect through.

・先祖伝来の宝 a treasure that has come down in one's family; an heirloom handed down from generation to generation.

●われわれは皆先祖は同じだ. We are all descended from the same person [《文》 of common descent]. | All of us come [descend] from the same ancestors.

先祖質 【生物】 ancestral plasm.

先祖崇拝 ancestor worship.