Word Meaning 祖先伝来

そせんでんらい sosendenrai

祖先伝来 is read as そせんでんらい (sosendenrai) and means hereditary.

Meaning

English

  1. hereditary

Reading

Kana

そせんでんらい

Romaji

sosendenrai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Yojijukugo Rank 96242 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

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先祖伝来

せんぞでんらい

inherited

父祖伝来

ふそでんらい

hereditary

先祖伝承

せんぞでんしょう

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

祖師西来

そしせいらい

the coming of Bodhidharma from western India to China

祖先

そせん

ancestor

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

伝来

でんらい

introduction (from abroad)

中国伝来

ちゅうごくでんらい

imported (transmitted) from China

先程来

さきほどらい

since a little while ago

祖先の霊

そせんのれい

ancestral spirits

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