曽
formerly
once
before
ever
never
ex-
| Word/Phrase |
Reading |
Meaning |
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曾孫
曽孫
ひ孫
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ひまご
そうそん
ひいまご
ひこ
ひひこ
ひこまご
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great-grandchild
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曾
曽
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ひい
ひ
そう
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great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
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曾祖父
曽祖父
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そうそふ
ひいじじ
ひじじ
ひおおじ
|
great-grandfather
great-granddad
great-grandad
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曾祖母
曽祖母
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そうそぼ
ひいばば
ひばば
ひおおば
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great-grandmother
great-grandma
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未曾有
未曽有
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みぞう
みそう
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unprecedented
unheard of
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曽祖父母
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そうそふぼ
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great-grandparents
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木曽馬
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きそうま
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var. of horse raised in Nagano and Gifu
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木曽路
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きそじ
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section of the Nakasendo
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鬢削ぎ
鬢そぎ
鬢枇
鬢曽木
鬢除ぎ
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びんそぎ
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cutting a person's sidelocks
evenly cut sidelocks (symbol of adulthood for noblewomen in the Heian era)
ritual of cutting the sidelocks (coming-of-age ceremony for women from about 1568-1867)
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