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：2026/01/07
元祖
Hiragana
がんそ
Noun
Japanese Meaning
物事を最初に始めた人。また、ある流派・技芸・商売などを最初に始めた人。創始者。 / ある系統や一族の初代となる人。始祖。
Easy Japanese Meaning
一番はじめにそのことをした人や店などをとくべつにいう言いかた
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
始祖；最早的祖先 / 创始人；鼻祖
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
最早的祖先 / 首創者 / 創辦人
Korean Meaning
최초의 조상(시조) / 창시자·창립자 / 창안자·개척자
Vietnamese Meaning
thủy tổ / người sáng lập / người khởi xướng
Tagalog Meaning
pinakaunang ninuno / tagapagpasimuno / tagapagtatag
Sense（1）
earliest ancestor; primogenitor; progenitor
Sense（2）
originator; initiator; creator; founder
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earliest ancestor; primogenitor; progenitor / originator; initiator; creator; founder
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元祖
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This restaurant is said to be the earliest ancestor of ramen.
This restaurant is said to be the earliest ancestor of ramen.
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このレストランは、ラーメンの元祖と言われています。
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