辿る
たどる
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace
- to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to retrace (e.g. one's memory); to search; to go over
- to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of; to take (a course); to pursue (a path); to meet (a fate)
Kanji
- 辿 follow (road); pursue. Read as たどる.
Example sentences
- ほとんどのアメリカ人は元をたどれば移民である。
Most Americans are descended from immigrants. - 私たちは鹿の通ったあとをたどった。
We followed the deer's tracks. - 猟犬たちはキツネの匂いの跡をたどった。
The hunting dogs followed the scent of the fox. - 猟師は熊の足跡をたどった。
The hunter followed the bear's tracks. - 失業率が上昇の一途をたどる昨今の景気動向を勘案して、政府は追加の経済対策を打ち出した。
Taking into account the continued steady rise of unemployment in the current economic climate, the government issued some new economic measures.
Common phrases
- 一途をたどる (いっとをたどる) to continue
- 道を辿る
- 運命を辿る
- 足跡をたどる
- 歴史をたどる
- 経過をたどる
- 平行線をたどる
- 経緯を辿る
- ルートを辿る
- 経路を辿る
- 変遷を辿る
- 軌跡をたどる
- 元を辿る (もとをたどる) to trace back to (the origins of something)
- 末路を辿る
- 記憶をたどる (きおくをたどる) to reach back into one's memory