Word Meaning 先祖代々

せんぞだいだい senzodaidai

先祖代々 is read as せんぞだいだい (senzodaidai) and means for generations.

Meaning

English

for generations
from generation to generation
ancestral
hereditary
handed down from generation to generation

Reading

Kana

せんぞだいだい

Romaji

senzodaidai

Writing Variants

先祖代代 せんぞだいだい senzodaidai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters

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Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Rank 80754 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

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先祖

せんぞ

ancestor

先つ祖

さきつおや

ancestor

先の祖

さきのおや

ancestor

先祖伝来

せんぞでんらい

inherited

先祖返り

せんぞがえり

reversion

先代

せんだい

predecessor

先土器時代

せんどきじだい

preceramic period

先縄文時代

せんじょうもんじだい

pre-Jomon period (i.e. the preceramic period)

先史時代

せんしじだい

prehistoric era

先祖構造体

せんぞこうぞうたい

ancestor structure

先祖伝承

せんぞでんしょう

what has been (orally) handed down from generation to generation

先祖の位牌

せんぞのいはい

ancestral tablet