遡る
さかのぼる
Also written 溯る, 逆上る, 泝る
Meanings
- Godan verb, Intransitive to go upstream; to go up (a river)
- to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to); to be retroactive (to)
Kanji
- 遡 trace back. Read as さかのぼる.
Example sentences
- その話は１６世紀までさかのぼる。
The story goes back to the sixteenth century. - その大聖堂の建立は中世にまでさかのぼる。
The cathedral dates back to the Middle Ages. - その衰退はざっと１９５０年代までさかのぼる事が出来る。
The decline can be traced to the 1950s. - その教会は１１７３年までさかのぼる。
The church dates back to 1173. - その起源を突き止めるには中世にさかのぼらなくてはいけない。
We must go back to the Middle Ages to trace the origin.