| 士族 | [しぞく, shizoku] (n) (See 華族・かぞく) family or person with samurai ancestors #18,358 [Add to Longdo] |
| 譜代;譜第 | [ふだい, fudai] (n) (1) successive generations; (2) (abbr) (See 譜代大名) hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara) #18,924 [Add to Longdo] |
| おはか参り | [おはかまいり, ohakamairi] (n) ritual visit to the tomb of one's ancestors (bringing flowers, burning incense, cleansing the tombstone) [Add to Longdo] |
| 位牌を汚す | [いはいをけがす, ihaiwokegasu] (exp, v5s) to disgrace one's ancestors; to tarnish the honour of one's ancestors [Add to Longdo] |
| 遺徳 | [いとく, itoku] (n) benefit from ancestors' virtue [Add to Longdo] |
| 遠祖 | [えんそ, enso] (n) forefathers; remote ancestors [Add to Longdo] |
| 宮中三殿 | [きゅうちゅうさんでん, kyuuchuusanden] (n) the palace sanctuary, shrine of imperial ancestors and temple inside the Japanese imperial palace [Add to Longdo] |
| 血を引く | [ちをひく, chiwohiku] (exp, v5k) to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors [Add to Longdo] |
| 皇宗 | [こうそう, kousou] (n) imperial ancestors [Add to Longdo] |
| 皇祖皇宗 | [こうそこうそう, kousokousou] (n) ancestors of the Imperial Family [Add to Longdo] |