Meanings
Noun
1. 血統や一家系の最初の人。
2. 一つの教え、流派、物事などを始めた人。元祖。
Alt. forms
Kanji used
grandparent
Pitch accent
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true ancestor; var. of vampire (in fiction)
grandparents
① 宗教・宗派の創始者。
ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
founder of a sect
ancestor who rejuvenated a dynasty or a family
① 遠い先祖。② 祖父母の祖父母。曽祖父母の親。③ 王朝の開祖。
ancestor worshipped as a deity
ancestor worshipped as a deity
sect founder
the ancestral Sun Goddess
① 東アジアで、王朝初代の帝王の廟号。
ancestors
exposition (propagation) of one's master's teachings or doctrines
mausoleum containing the remains of one's ancestors
common ancestor
① 比較言語学の概念のひとつで、互いに関連のある言語を歴史的に遡ったときに共通の祖先となる言語、多くは理論的に再建されたものである。
business started by an ancestor; inherited business
progenitor
founder of medical science
jointly held concession in China (e.g. Shanghai International Settlement)
deceased grandfather; deceased father and grandfather; distant ancestor; forefather
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch; Platform Sutra
① 藩の初代領主。② 藩主の先祖。