grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
founder; originator; pioneer
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
(in fiction) person changed into a vampire by magic
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
founder of a religious sect
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
ancestor spirit; ancestral soul; spirits of one's ancestors; collective ancestral spirit; (in Japanese folk belief) spirits of one's ancestors that have lost their individual identity and merged together
great-grandmother; great-grandma
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
restorer of a dynasty; ancestor who rejuvenated a family
(divine, historical or legendary) founder of an empire
founder of dynasty or sect
ancestor worshipped as a deity
okoso-zukin; kerchief covering the whole head (except eyes), worn by women in winter from the Edo period until Meiji
the ancestral Sun Goddess
remote ancestor; forefather
founder; progenitor; emperor
hereditary; patrimonial; handed down from generation to generation
exposition (propagation) of one's master's teachings or doctrines
Archaeopteryx; extinct genus of early birds
Great Patriotic War (Russian name for the war along the eastern front during World War II)
mausoleum containing the remains of one's ancestors
the founder of our sect (esp. in reference to Nichiren)
the first generation of a family; school (of thought) or religious sect
rules and customs handed down over the generations
common ancestry; sharing a common ancestor
protolanguage; parent language
shrine for worshiping the spirits of ancestors
founder; originator; introducer
returning to one's fatherland; reversion to Japan; return to Japan
ancestors of the Imperial Family
to perform religious services for the departed souls of one's ancestors
business started by an ancestor; inherited business
Patriotic War (Russian name for the war with Napoleon in 1812)
Mazu (Chinese goddess of the sea)
the coming of Bodhidharma from western India to China
Japanese-Jewish common ancestry theory
Proto-Indo-European (language)
most recent common ancestor
Proto-Japonic (language); Proto-Japanese; Proto-Japanese-Ryukyuan
plesiomorphy; ancestral character
deceased grandfather; deceased father and grandfather; distant ancestor; forefather
the eight doctrinal patriarchs who expounded the teachings (Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Yi Xing, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon)
the Eight Lineage Patriarchs who received the transmission of the teachings, leading back to the Vairocana Buddha (Vairocana Buddha, Vajrasattva, Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon)
symplesiomorphy; ancestral trait shared by two or more taxa
deceased grandfather of the emperor
deceased grandfather; (one's) late grandfather
Zen Buddhism based on the teachings of Bodhidharma
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch; Platform Sutra
Proto-Indo-European (language)
deceased grandmother of the emperor
ancestor of a feudal lord; founder of a feudal domain