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高祖
Hiragana
こうそ
Noun
Chinese
Japanese Meaning
高祖：遠い先祖。特に、四代前の先祖（高祖父・高祖母）を指す。また、中国の王朝の始祖に対して用いられる尊称。
Easy Japanese Meaning
ひいひいおじいさんやひいひいおばあさんのこと。またむかしの国のはじめの王をさすこともある。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
远祖；较久远的祖先 / 高祖（父/母），即曾祖父母的父母 / 王朝的开创者；开国之君
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
遠祖；上代祖先 / 四世祖（曾曾祖父母） / 王朝開國之君（帝王的廟號）
Korean Meaning
먼 조상, 선조 / 고조부·고조모(4대 조상) / 중국 역사에서 왕조의 창건자
Indonesian
leluhur jauh / canggah (kakek/nenek dari kakek/nenek) / pendiri dinasti (sejarah Tiongkok)
Vietnamese Meaning
tổ tiên xa xưa / cụ kỵ (tổ bốn đời; ông/bà của ông/bà) / vị sáng lập một triều đại (lịch sử Trung Hoa)
Tagalog Meaning
malayong ninuno / lolo/lola sa talampakan (ninunong apat na salin ang pagitan) / tagapagtatag ng dinastiya (sa kasaysayang Tsino)
Sense（1）
a remote ancestor
Sense（2）
(more narrowly): an ancestor four generations back: a great-great-grandparent, a grandparent of a grandparent
Sense（3）
(Chinese history) the founder of a dynasty
Sense（4）
(Buddhism) the founder of a sect
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（ romanization ）
（ hiragana ）
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a remote ancestor / (more narrowly): an ancestor four generations back: a great-great-grandparent, a grandparent of a grandparent / (Chinese history) the founder of a dynasty
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高祖
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I heard from my family that my remote ancestor was a samurai.
I heard from my family that my remote ancestor was a samurai.
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私の高祖は侍だったと家族から聞いた。
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