単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Single kanji#4,991 most used

遡る

さかのぼる4

Pitch accent · 中高 (nakadaka)

to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to)

ITS KANJI

IN A SENTENCE

The history of this town goes back a thousand years.

written for Tangoya

IN OTHER SENTENCES

The film takes us back to World War II.

from Tatoeba · SomeHungryBois

MEANINGS

2

to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to); to be retroactive (to)

godan verb · intransitive

TANGOYA ASKS

1

to go upstream; to go up (a river)

godan verb · intransitive

DETAILS

Kind単漢字, single kanji

Frequency#4,991 most used

Written遡る、さかのぼる

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium