祖

Vocabulary (12)

• 皇祖

  こうそ

  (divine, historical or legendary) founder of an empire

• 真祖

  しんそ

  (in fiction) person changed into a vampire by magic

• 仏祖

  ぶっそ

  Founder of Buddhism

• 大祖国戦争

  だいそこくせんそう

  Great Patriotic War (Russian name for the war along the eastern front during World War II)

• 日ユ同祖論

  にちゆどうそろん

  Japanese-Jewish common ancestry theory

• 媽祖

  まそ

  Mazu (Chinese goddess of the sea)

• 媽祖廟

  まそびょう

  Mazu temple

• 祖国戦争

  そこくせんそう

  Patriotic War (Russian name for the war with Napoleon in 1812)

• 印欧祖語

  いんおうそご

  Proto-Indo-European (language)

• インドヨーロッパ祖語

  インドヨーロッパそご

  Proto-Indo-European (language)

• 祖師禅

  そしぜん

  Zen Buddhism based on the teachings of Bodhidharma

• 先つ祖

  さきつおや

  ancestor