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N2 Noun

先祖(せんぞ)ancestor

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    Bunpro Summary

    People in your family line who are related to you by blood and came before you.

    1. Noun

      1.

      ancestor, forefather, foremother

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    先祖 【せんぞ】

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      (はか)先祖(せんぞ)挨拶(あいさつ)をする。

      I greet my ancestors at their grave.

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      先祖(せんぞ)()(つた)えを(まも)りましょう。

      Let's preserve the teachings of our ancestors.

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      このお(はか)では、(ぼく)先祖(せんぞ)(ねむ)っています。

      In this grave, my ancestors are resting.

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      (いま)だに先祖(せんぞ)がいつアメリカへ移住(いじゅう)したのか()かっていません。

      I still do not know when my ancestors immigrated to America.

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      祖父(そふ)祖母(そぼ)(ぼく)先祖(せんぞ)である。そして(そう)祖父(そふ)(そう)祖母(そぼ)(ぼく)先祖(せんぞ)である。

      My grandparents are my ancestors. And my great-grandparents are also my ancestors.

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