遡る

さかのぼる · sakanoboru · JLPT N2 · verb-godan

to go back

🐟 saka (against) + noboru (climb): climb back upstream toward the source

Built from 逆 (reverse) and 登る (climb). Used for going upstream, tracing back in time, or dating back to an origin. Salmon swim it.

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