Jisho

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Noun
1. birth; lineage; parentage; origin
Noun
2. identity; background; history; past
  • ぜんぜん
  • すじょう素性
  • 分からない
  • にんげん人間
  • かるがる軽々しく
  • しんよう信用
  • して
  • ならぬ
Don't trust a man whose past you know nothing about.
Noun
3. provenance; origin
Wikipedia definition
4. SoseiSosei was a Japanese waka poet and Buddhist priest. He is reckoned as one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals, and one of his poems was included in the famous anthology Hyakunin Isshu. His father Henjo was also a waka poet and monk. Sosei entered religious life together with his father after the death of Emperor Nimmyō in 850.
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Other forms
素姓 【すじょう】種姓 【すじょう】素生 【すじょう】素性 【そせい】素生 【そせい】種姓 【しゅせい】種姓 【しゅしょう】素姓 【すぞう】
Notes
しゅしょう: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage. すぞう: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.

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