始祖

しそ

founder, originator, pioneer

祖

そ

ancestor, forefather, progenitor

祖父祖母

じじばば

old people

教祖

きょうそ

founder of a religious sect

祖廟

そびょう

mausoleum containing the remains of one's ancestors

同祖

どうそ

common ancestor

祖語

そご

parent language

祖霊

それい

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

祖述

そじゅつ

exposition (propagation) of one's master's teachings or doctrines

先祖

せんぞ

ancestor

真祖

しんそ

true ancestor

鼻祖

びそ

founder, originator, introducer

祖先

そせん

ancestor

祖母

そぼ ばば おおば おば うば

grandmother

開祖

かいそ

(sect) founder, apostle, originator, inventor

太祖

たいそ

founder, progenitor, emperor

祖業

business started by an ancestor; inherited business

祖妣

そひ

deceased grandmother

初祖

しょそ

the first generation of a family, school (of thought) or religious sect