先祖
せんぞ
ancestor; forefather; foremother
JLPT N2 Common word
Meanings
Noun
ancestor; forefather; foremother
Example sentences
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We visit the tombs of our ancestors on this day.
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Our ancestors knew how to read the stars.
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Our family has some distinguished ancestors.
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His ancestors went there from Ireland.
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Their clothes are quite like those of our ancestors.
More examples (5)
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Our ancestors arrived in this country 150 years ago.
私は、自分が先祖から受け継いだものにとても誇りを持っている。
I'm very proud of my heritage.
日本人は、お盆の間先祖が自分達のところにやってきていると信じている。
During O-bon, Japanese people believe they receive a visit from an ancestor.
今年は亡き母の忌中のため盂蘭盆供養会はないが、先祖の墓の掃除に行く。
This year there isn't a bon festival memorial ceremony for my departed mother, but I will go to clean my ancestors' graves.
ある出来事を記念したり先祖の伝説を伝えるために建てられたものであった。
They were erected to commemorate a certain event or to tell an ancestral legend.