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

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

先祖

せんぞ

ancestor

祖先

そせん

ancestor

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

先祖構造体

せんぞこうぞうたい

ancestor structure

先の先

せんのせん

striking just before one's opponent makes a move

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