祖 meaning'ancestor, pioneer, founder'
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 kunyomi
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元祖がんそfounder; originator, forerunner
先祖せんぞancestor
祖先そせんancestor
祖父そふgrandfather
祖母そぼgrandmother
天津御祖あまつみおやimperial ancestor
教祖きょうそfounder of a religious sect
祖そancestor, forefather, progenitor
祖先崇拝そせんすうはいancestor worship
祖国そこくfatherland, native country
祖父母そふぼgrandparents
開祖かいそ(sect) founder, apostle, originator, inventor
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