N2655/1725

祖そ先せん

nounnoun (generic)

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そせん

Meanings

ancestor

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Example sentences

私わたしたちは祖先そせんから多おおくのことを学まなぶことができる。

We can learn many things from our ancestors.

この神社じんじゃは祖先そせんを祀まつるために建たてられた。

This shrine was built to enshrine ancestors.

彼かれの祖先そせんはもともとヨーロッパから来きたそうだ。

I heard that his ancestors originally came from Europe.

日本にほんの伝統的でんとうてきな家庭かていでは、祖先そせんを敬うやまうことが非常ひじょうに大切たいせつにされている。

In traditional Japanese households, respecting one's ancestors is considered extremely important.

研究けんきゅうによると、人類じんるいの共通きょうつうの祖先そせんはアフリカに存在そんざいしたと考かんがえられている。

According to research, it is believed that the common ancestor of humanity existed in Africa.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)