Keyword
grandparent
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 6
Heisig1918
Old form祖
Readings
そ
(35%)
じ
(21%)
おお
(14%)
お
(13%)
ば
(6%)
う
(4%)
ぞ
(3%)
Composed of
altar
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Used in kanji (1 in total)
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Used in vocabulary (143 in total)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
grandmother
ancestor; forefather; foremother
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
grandparents
founder; originator; pioneer
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
founder of a religious sect
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
grandpa; granddad
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
(in fiction) person changed into a vampire by magic
reversion; atavism
ancestors
grandfather; male senior-citizen
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
great-grandmother; great-grandma
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
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
grandfather; male senior-citizen
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
founder of a sect
restorer of a dynasty; ancestor who rejuvenated a family
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
founder of dynasty or sect
(divine, historical or legendary) founder of an empire
ancestor worshipped as a deity
great-grandmother; great-grandma
founder; inventor; ancestor; forefather
great-grandfather
okoso-zukin; kerchief covering the whole head (except eyes), worn by women in winter from the Edo period until Meiji
great-great-grandfather
sect founder
remote ancestor; forefather
ancestral spirits
maternal grandfather
grandfather; old man; elderly man
hereditary; patrimonial; handed down from generation to generation
Founder of Buddhism
founder; progenitor; emperor
grandfather-in-law
exposition (propagation) of one's master's teachings or doctrines
Archaeopteryx; extinct genus of early birds
ancestors
grandfather; old man; elderly man
ancestor (esp. one's mother or grandmother)
founder; progenitor; emperor
grandmother-in-law
archetype; prototype
the ancestral Sun Goddess
mausoleum containing the remains of one's ancestors
business started by an ancestor; inherited business
Great Patriotic War (Russian name for the war along the eastern front during World War II)
the founder of our sect (esp. in reference to Nichiren)
great-grandparents
old people; grandparents
the first generation of a family; school (of thought) or religious sect
rules and customs handed down over the generations
great-great-grandmother
returning to one's fatherland; reversion to Japan; return to Japan
grandma; granny
shrine for worshiping the spirits of ancestors
protolanguage; parent language
common ancestry; sharing a common ancestor
founder; originator; introducer
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
ancestors of the Imperial Family
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
grandpa; gramps
child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother
Mazu (Chinese goddess of the sea)
to perform religious services for the departed souls of one's ancestors
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
Patriotic War (Russian name for the war with Napoleon in 1812)
the coming of Bodhidharma from western India to China
reversion; atavism
maternal grandmother
progenitor
child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
the founder of our sect (esp. in reference to Nichiren)
okoso-zukin; kerchief covering the whole head (except eyes), worn by women in winter from the Edo period until Meiji
child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother
Japanese-Jewish common ancestry theory
the founder of our sect (esp. in reference to Nichiren)
protoform
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
grandpa; granddad
reversion; atavism
grandfather; old man; elderly man
grandfather; old man; elderly man
ancestor (esp. one's mother or grandmother)
eponym (person after whom something is named)
the founder of our sect (esp. in reference to Nichiren)
child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother
Proto-Indo-European (language)
Japanese-Jewish common ancestry theory
deceased grandfather; (one's) late grandfather
what has been (orally) handed down from generation to generation; legend; folk tale
Proto-Indo-European (language)
Zen Buddhism based on the teachings of Bodhidharma
grandfather of the emperor
ancestor of a feudal lord; founder of a feudal domain
symplesiomorphy; ancestral trait shared by two or more taxa
plesiomorphy; ancestral character
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch; Platform Sutra
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)
deceased grandfather of the emperor
deceased grandmother of the emperor
deceased grandmother
deceased grandfather; deceased father and grandfather; distant ancestor; forefather
child who is very close to their grandfather; child who is doted on by their grandfather
Proto-Japonic (language); Proto-Japanese; Proto-Japanese-Ryukyuan
Examples (172 in total)
They are my grandfather's books.
His grandfather passed away peacefully.
He was educated by his grandfather.