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祖先
Hiragana
そせん
Noun
Japanese Meaning
祖先
Easy Japanese Meaning
むかしに いた じぶんの かぞくの さきの ひとたち。おじいさんの おじいさんなど。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
先人；过往世代的家族成员 / 某人或族群的早期祖辈 / 某事物的起源者（喻）
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
家族血統的前代之人 / 先人 / 始祖
Korean Meaning
조상 / 선조 / 시조
Indonesian
leluhur / nenek moyang
Vietnamese Meaning
tổ tiên / tiền nhân / cha ông
Tagalog Meaning
ninuno / kaninunuan
Sense（1）
ancestor
（ canonical ）
（ romanization ）
（ hiragana ）
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By studying the history of the land, we can better understand how our ancestors lived.
By studying the history of the land, we can better understand how our ancestors lived.
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土地の歴史を学ぶことで、私たちは祖先がどのように暮らしていたかをよりよく理解できる。
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