遡る
Meanings
Godan verb
Intransitive verb
1. to go upstream; to go up (a river) (Usually kana)
2. to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to); to be retroactive (to) (Usually kana)
Other spellings
さかのぼる
Kanji used
Pitch accent
さかのぼる
Examples18
その
The church dates back to 1173.
鮭
Salmon go up the river and lay their eggs in the sand.
アメリカ
Let's look back on the history of the United States.
その
The story goes back to the sixteenth century.
彼の
His family dates back to the seventeenth century.
この
This custom dates back to the 12th century.