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Climbing the Family Tree

先祖せんぞの名前なまえを調べるしらべると、孝こうと孔こうの字じが出たでた。

When I researched my ancestors' names, the characters 'Kou' and 'Kou' appeared.

彼らかれらは厳格げんかくな人柄ひとがらだと聞いたきいた。

I heard that they have a strict personality.

また、女性じょせいの名なには嫁よめや婆ばばの字じも多いおおい。

Many women's names also include characters like '嫁' and '婆'.

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