祖父祖母

じじばば

old people

高祖母

こうそぼ

great-great-grandmother

外祖母

がいそぼ

maternal grandmother

曾祖母

そうそぼ ひいばば ひばば ひおおば

great-grandmother, great-grandma

義祖母

ぎそぼ

grandmother-in-law

お祖母様

おばあさま

grandmother

お祖母さん

おばあさん

grandmother

曾お祖母さん

ひいおばあさん

great-grandmother

お祖母ちゃま

おばあちゃま

grandma; granny

祖父母

そふぼ

grandparents

曽祖父母

そうそふぼ

great-grandparents

祖

そ

ancestor, forefather, progenitor

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