遡る
sakanoboru
to go upstream, to go up (a river)
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  1. sakanoboru 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)
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Kanji Breakdown
Go Upstream, Retrace The Past
On: そ,さく Kun: さかのぼ.る
13 strokes
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Ru-verb (一段動詞)
Pattern
遡る → 遡ます → 遡て → 遡た

💡 Remove る and add ます (polite), て-form, or た (past).

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