Illustration: At a home birthday gathering, an elderly woman sits surrounded by her adult daughter, adult granddaughter, and small great-grandson. The daughter rests a familiar hand on her mother's shoulder; the granddaughter holds her child's hand while leaning toward both older women.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

子し孫そん

shison

descendants

Example sentences

  1. 合衆国がっしゅうこくは長ながい間あいだ「るつぼ」として知しられているが、それは国民こくみんのほとんどが移民いみんの子孫しそんだからである。

    The United States has long been known as a "melting pot" because most of its people are descended from immigrants.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 子孫しそんにきれいな、緑みどりの地球ちきゅうを残のこしたい。

    We want to leave our descendants a clean and green earth.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. これらの伝説でんせつは私達わたしたちの子孫しそんに語かたり継つがれるべきだ。

    These legends should be handed down to our offspring.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 子孫

  • 子childOnシ・ス・ツKunこ・ね
  • 孫grandchild; descendantsOnソンKunまご

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