Components
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30 words found beginning with '祖'
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1. grandfather
2. old man  (see also: ; this meaning is restricted to reading おおじ)
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grandmother  (see also: )
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noun
ancestor
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1
noun
motherland; fatherland; native country
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exposition (propagation) of one's master's teachings or doctrines
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2
noun
grandparents
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noun
ancestor worshipped as a deity
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noun
business started by an ancestor; inherited business
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Most common form: 爺婆
noun
1. old people  (see also: , ; often written with kana only)
2. grandparents  (this meaning is restricted to form 祖父祖母)
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noun
founder of a sect
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