Word · 単語
遡る
Reading さかのぼる
to go upstream
- 1 to go upstream, to go up (a river)
- 2 to go back (to the past or origin), to date back (to), to trace back (to), to be retroactive (to)
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例文 · examples
その教会は１１７３年までさかのぼる。
The church dates back to 1173.
sense 2 · to go back (to the past or origin)
鮭は川をさかのぼって砂に産卵する。
Salmon go up the river and lay their eggs in the sand.
sense 1 · to go upstream
アメリカの歴史をさかのぼってみよう。
Let's look back on the history of the United States.
彼の家系は１７世紀にさかのぼる。
His family dates back to the seventeenth century.
その話は１６世紀までさかのぼる。
The story goes back to the sixteenth century.