👴forefather (フォーファザー)

noun
/ˈfɔːrˌfɑːðər/
先祖 (senzo)

意味

an ancestor, especially one who was part of an earlier generation of a family or nation
意味の翻訳
先祖、特に家族や国の先代の一員だった人物
senzo, tokuni kazoku ya kuni no sendai no ichiin datta jinbutsu

例文

Our forefathers fought for independence.

私たちの先祖は独立のために戦いました。
Watashitachi no senzo wa dokuritsu no tame ni tatakaimashita.

同義語

ancestor, progenitor, patriarch, predecessor

対義語

descendant, successor

コロケーション

great forefathers, our forefathers, nation’s forefathers

関連語彙

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