曾祖父
そうそふ · also ひいじじ、ひじじ、ひおおじ
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
Meaning
- great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
Example sentences
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My family came to live in Tokyo in my great-grandfather's time.
父の父は祖父、祖父の父は曽祖父、曽祖父の父は高祖父だが、高祖父より前の世代の呼称は決まっていない。
The father of a father is a grandfather, a grandfather's father is a great-grandfather, a great-grandfather's father is a great-great-grandfather, but no word has been decided upon for the generations before great-great-grandfather.