Word Meaning 祖先の霊

そせんのれい sosen no rei

祖先の霊 is read as そせんのれい (sosen no rei) and means ancestral spirits.

Meaning

English

  1. ancestral spirits

Reading

Kana

そせんのれい

Romaji

sosen no rei

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 127331 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

祖先の霊を祭る

そせんのれいをまつる

to perform religious services for the departed souls of one's ancestors

祖霊

それい

ancestor deified as a kami

祖先崇拝

そせんすうはい

ancestor worship

祖先

そせん

ancestor

祖先伝来

そせんでんらい

hereditary

祖先形質共有

そせんけいしつきょうゆう

symplesiomorphy

祖先形質

そせんけいしつ

plesiomorphy

先祖

せんぞ

ancestor

先祖構造体

せんぞこうぞうたい

ancestor structure

先祖代々

せんぞだいだい

for generations

共通祖先

きょうつうそせん

common ancestor

最も近い共通祖先

もっともちかいきょうつうそせん

most recent common ancestor