- がんそ
- [元祖] **father[the ~]〔学問などの〕創始者, 生みの親, 元祖〔of〕founder【C】創設[創立]者*inventor【C】〔…を〕発明した人, 〔…の〕創案[提出]者〔of〕;発明家originator【C】創作者;創設者;元祖.元祖
originator
founder
pioneer
inventor* * *がんそ【元祖】**father[the ~]〔学問などの〕創始者, 生みの親, 元祖〔of〕founder〖C〗創設[創立]者*inventor〖C〗〔…を〕発明した人, 〔…の〕創案[提出]者〔of〕; 発明家originator〖C〗創作者;創設者;元祖.* * *がんそ【元祖】1 〔一族の祖先〕 the founder 《of a family》; 〔一宗の開祖〕 the founder 《of a sect》.2 〔物事の創始者〕 an originator; an initiator; a founder; a father; a mother; a pioneer; 〔発明者〕 an inventor; 〔店〕 an original store [shop]; a founding store.●カステラ製造の元祖 the original manufacturer of [company that first produced] kasutera
・一本足打法の元祖 the originator of the flamingo style of batting.
●元祖喜多方ラーメン the original Kitakata ramen
・…の元祖であると主張する claim to be the original manufacturer [originator] of….
●プレスリーはロックンロールの元祖だ. Presley was the king of [first well-known singer of] rock and roll.
・この店が広島風お好み焼きの元祖と言われている. This restaurant is said to be the first that served okonomiyaki in the Hiroshima style.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.