祖先
そせん
ancestor
JLPT N2 Common word Intermediate Japanese L8
Meanings
Noun
ancestor
Example sentences
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Do you know your forefather?
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We should worship our ancestors.
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That tribe worships its ancestors.
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The learned man worships his ancestors.
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The Indians' ancestors arrived from Asia.
More examples (7)
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I can trace my ancestors back 200 years.
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The industrious merchant worships his ancestors.
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Our ancestors came to this country 150 years ago.
その部族は祖先を崇拝し、私たちにはなじみのない独自の言語を話す。
The tribe worships its ancestors and speaks its own language, and speaks an unfamiliar language.
アメリカ先住民の祖先は、ベーリング海峡を経由してアジアから大陸へ渡った。
The ancestors of Native Americans went to the continent from Asia by way of the Bering Strait.
アメリカンインディアンの祖先は、ベーリング海峡を経由してアジアから米大陸へ渡った。
The ancestors of Native Americans went to the continent from Asia by way of the Bering Strait.
私の母の村には日本人の祖先がいたという噂がある。でも私にはどういうことだか分からない。
There's a rumor in my mother's village that we have Japanese ancestors. I don't know what to make of it.