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    3. 遡る

    遡る

    遡さかのぼる​

    to go upstream

    NTN2CoreVerb, IntransitiveNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab14 strokes

    溯る逆上る泝る

    さかのぼる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to go upstream, to go up (a river)
    word usually written using kana alone
    2.
    to go back (to the past or origin), to date back (to), to trace back (to), to be retroactive (to)
    word usually written using kana alone

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    Characters that make up this word

    遡
    さかのぼ.る…(2)
    go upstream・retrace the past
    Kanji
    る
    ru
    Kana
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