ancestor, pioneer, founder

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JLPT N39 strokesGrade 5#1226 most commonU+7956

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Words using 祖

  • お祖父さんおじいさんgrandfatherN5
  • お祖母さんおばあさんgrandmotherN5
  • 教祖きょうそfounder of a religious sectN5
  • 元祖がんそoriginator; pioneer; inventor; founderN5
  • 宗祖しゅうそsect founderN5
  • 先祖せんぞancestor; forefather; foremotherN5
  • 祖国そこくhomeland; motherland; fatherland; native countryN5
  • 祖先そせんancestorN5
  • 祖父そふgrandfatherN5
  • 祖父母そふぼgrandparentsN5
  • 祖母そぼgrandmotherN5
  • 祖そancestor; forefather; progenitorN5
  • 遠祖えんそremote ancestor; forefatherN3
  • 開祖かいそ(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventorN3
  • 先祖伝来せんぞでんらいinherited; family (heirloom); ancestralN3
  • 曾祖父そうそふgreat-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandadN3
  • 祖宗そそうancestorsN3
  • 祖国愛そこくあいpatriotismN3
  • 祖師そしfounder of a sectN3
  • 皇祖こうそ(divine, historical or legendary) founder of an empireN3