祖先の霊

そせんのれい

ancestral spirits

祖霊

それい

ancestral spirit, collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities

先の祖

さきのおや さきのそ

ancestor

霊祭

ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)

先祖

せんぞ

ancestor

祖先

そせん

ancestor

皇霊祭

こうれいさい

equinoctial ceremony held by the emperor at the shrine of imperial ancestors

慰霊祭

いれいさい

memorial service

万霊祭

ばんれいさい

All Souls' Day

先つ祖

さきつおや さきつそ

ancestor

先祖の位牌

せんぞのいはい

ancestral tablet

共通祖先

きょうつうそせん

common ancestor

祖先崇拝

そせんすうはい

ancestor worship

先祖伝来

せんぞでんらい

inherited, family (heirloom), ancestral

先祖返り

reversion; atavism

先祖代代

せんぞだいだい

ancestral, hereditary, generation after generation, passing from father to son

祖先形質

そせんけいしつ

plesiomorphy, ancestral character

祖先伝来

そせんでんらい

hereditary

先祖伝承

せんぞでんしょう

what has been (orally) handed down from generation to generation, legend, folk tale