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KUNさかのぼる
Meanings
go upstreamtrace backrevert
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How to remember

Imagine a fish swimming 'upstream' (遡) against the current, represented by the flow of the 'path' (辶) being opposed by the 'reverse' (屰) element.

Vocabulary

遡上そじょう
going upstream (e.g., salmon)
遡及そきゅう
retroaction, retroactive
遡源そげん
tracing back to the source
歴史を遡るれきしをさかのぼる
to trace back history
時を遡るときをさかのぼる
to go back in time

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