先祖代代

せんぞだいだい

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

先祖返り

reversion; atavism

先祖伝来

せんぞでんらい

inherited, family (heirloom), ancestral

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

先祖の位牌

せんぞのいはい

ancestral tablet

先祖構造体

せんぞこうぞうたい

ancestor structure

祖先

そせん

ancestor

先の祖

さきのおや さきのそ

ancestor

先つ祖

さきつおや さきつそ

ancestor

祖先崇拝

そせんすうはい

ancestor worship

共通祖先

きょうつうそせん

common ancestor

祖先伝来

そせんでんらい

hereditary

祖先形質

そせんけいしつ

plesiomorphy, ancestral character

祖先の霊

そせんのれい

ancestral spirits

祖先形質共有

そせんけいしつきょうゆう

symplesiomorphy, ancestral trait shared by two or more taxa

祖

そ

ancestor, forefather, progenitor

祖父祖母

じじばば ジジババ

old people

祖先の霊を祭る

そせんのれいをまつる

to perform religious services for the departed souls of one's ancestors

最も近い共通祖先

もっともちかいきょうつうそせん

most recent common ancestor