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先祖 (せんぞ): ancestor — Japanese vocabulary

先祖 is read せんぞ and means "ancestor". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

先祖

Reading
せんぞ · senzo
Translation
ancestor
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
せんぞが

Example

我々の先祖は星の読み方を知っていた。

われわれのせんぞはほしのよみかたをしっていた。

Our ancestors knew how to read the stars.

Kanji in this word

  • 先 — previous, ahead
  • 祖 — ancestor

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