How to say the father of a father is a grandfather, a grandfather's father is a great-grandfather, a great-grandfather's father is a great-great-grandfather, but no word has been decided upon for the generations before great-great-grandfather. in Japanese
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父父(chichi) (ok) fatherのの(no) (prt) indicates possessive/nominalizes verbs and adjectives/substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases/indicates a confident conclusion/ indicates emotional emphasis/indicates question父父(chichi) (ok) fatherはは(ha) (int) indicating a subject/yes/indeed/well/ha!/what?/huh?/sigh祖父祖父(sofu) (n,adj-no) grandfather/old man/kyogen mask used for the role of an old man、、(、) Japanese comma祖父祖父(sofu) (n,adj-no) grandfather/old man/kyogen mask used for the role of an old manのの(no) (prt) indicates possessive/nominalizes verbs and adjectives/substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases/indicates a confident conclusion/ indicates emotional emphasis/indicates question父父(chichi) (ok) fatherはは(ha) (int) indicating a subject/yes/indeed/well/ha!/what?/huh?/sigh曽祖父曽祖父(sousofu) (n) great-grandfather/great-granddad/great-grandad、、(、) Japanese comma曽祖父曽祖父(sousofu) (n) great-grandfather/great-granddad/great-grandadのの(no) (prt) indicates possessive/nominalizes verbs and adjectives/substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases/indicates a confident conclusion/ indicates emotional emphasis/indicates question父父(chichi) (ok) fatherはは(ha) (int) indicating a subject/yes/indeed/well/ha!/what?/huh?/sigh高高(taka) (suf) high school/high-祖父祖父(sofu) (n,adj-no) grandfather/old man/kyogen mask used for the role of an old manだがだが(daga) (conj) but/however/yet/nevertheless/still/for all that、、(、) Japanese comma高高(taka) (suf) high school/high-祖父祖父(sofu) (n,adj-no) grandfather/old man/kyogen mask used for the role of an old manよりより(yori) (adv,prt) from/out of/since/at/than/other than/except/but/more前前(mae) (n,adj-no,n-suf,pref) previous/prior/former/some time ago/preceding/point/tip/end/nozzle/head/front/ahead/the other side/the future/hereafter/destination/the other partyのの(no) (prt) indicates possessive/nominalizes verbs and adjectives/substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases/indicates a confident conclusion/ indicates emotional emphasis/indicates question世代世代(sedai) (n,adj-no) generation/the world/the ageのの(no) (prt) indicates possessive/nominalizes verbs and adjectives/substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases/indicates a confident conclusion/ indicates emotional emphasis/indicates question呼称呼称(koshou) (n,vs) naming/giving a name/designation/denomination/nominalはは(ha) (int) indicating a subject/yes/indeed/well/ha!/what?/huh?/sigh決まno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbって(prt) casual quoting particle/indicates supposition/if ... then/indicates irony/indicates certainty, insistence, etc.い(prt) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.ないない(nai) (aux-adj) not/emphatic suffix。。(。) Japanese period "."
