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今日の漢字
Grade 5JLPT N3

ancestor, pioneer, founder

9 strokes · frequency rank #1226

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Common words

  1. そこくhomeland; motherland; fatherland; native country1
    • This monument is dedicated to the soldiers who gave their lives to their country.

    • He betrayed his country.

    • They defended their country.

  2. そふgrandfather2
    • We named my son after my grandfather.

    • He resembles his grandfather.

    • My grandfather is very healthy.

  3. そぼgrandmother3
    • I love my grandmother very much.

    • My grandmother speaks slowly.

    • I was brought up by my grandmother.

  4. ancestor; forefather; progenitor4
  5. がんそoriginator; pioneer; inventor; founder5
  6. せんぞancestor; forefather; foremother6
    • They were erected to commemorate a certain event or to tell an ancestral legend.

    • We visit the tombs of our ancestors on this day.

    • Our ancestors knew how to read the stars.

  7. きょうそfounder of a religious sect7
  8. そせんancestor8
    • We should worship our ancestors.

    • Do you know your forefather?

    • That tribe worships its ancestors.

  9. そふぼgrandparents9
    • Sarah gets very bored listening to her grandparents rambling on about old times.

    • Lucy was brought up by her grandparents.

    • I visit my grandparents twice a week.

  10. おばあさんgrandmother10
    • The old woman was snugly sitting on a cushion.

    • John's grandmother passed away after a long illness.

    • The old lady got off the bus.

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