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sakanoboru
godan verb, intransitive verb

Alternate Written Forms:

[さかのぼ()·]
sakanoboru
[さかのぼ()·]
sakanoboru
[さか()·のぼ()·]
sakanoboru
Outdated Kanji
[さかのぼ()·]
sakanoboru

Root Words:

saka + noboru

English Meaning(s) for さかのぼる

godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to go upstream
  2. to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to; to make retroactive

Definition and Synonyms for さかのぼる

Go Back belong to an earlier time
Synonyms: さかのぼる
Back in or to or toward a past time
Synonyms: さかのぼる, 前に

Categories さかのぼる is a member of

Originate bring into being
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Stroke Order Diagrams for さかのぼる

Conjugations for さかのぼる

masu stem
sakanobori
Negative stem
sakanobora
te-form
sakanobotte
Negative te-form
sakanoboranakute
Adverbial Negative Form
sakanoboranaku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
sakanoboru
Present Indicative Negative Form
sakanoboranai
Past Indicative Form
sakanobotta
Past Indicative Negative Form
sakanoboranakatta
Presumptive Form
sakanoborou
Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
sakanoborimasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
sakanoborimasen
Past Indicative Form
sakanoborimashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
sakanoborimasendeshita
Presumptive Form
sakanoborimashou
Tai Form
Present Indicative Form
sakanoboritai
Present Indicative Negative Form
sakanoboritakunai
Past Indicative Form
sakanoboritakatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
sakanoboritakunakatta
Adjective stem
sakanoborita
te-form
sakanoboritakute
Negative te-form
sakanoboritakunakute
Adverbial Form
sakanoboritaku
Provisional Form
sakanoboritakereba
Provisional Negative Form
sakanoboritakunakereba
Conditional Form
sakanoboritakattara
Conditional Negative Form
sakanoboritakunakattara
Objective Form
sakanoboritasa
Imperative Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
sakanobore
Imperative Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
sakanoborinasai
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
sakanoboreba
Present Indicative Negative Form
sakanoboranakereba
Present Indicative Negative Colloquial Form
sakanoboranakya
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
sakanobottara
Present Indicative Negative Form
sakanoboranakattara
Alternative Form
Present Indicative Form
sakanobottari
Potential Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
sakanoboreru
Present Indicative Negative Form
sakanoborenai
Past Indicative Form
sakanoboreta
Past Indicative Negative Form
sakanoborenakatta
masu-stem
sakanobore
te-form
sakanoborete
Negative te-form
sakanoborenakute
Potential Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
sakanoboremasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
sakanoboremasen
Past Indicative Form
sakanoboremashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
sakanoboremasendeshita
Passive Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
sakanoborareru
Present Indicative Negative Form
sakanoborarenai
Past Indicative Form
sakanoborareta
Past Indicative Negative Form
sakanoborarenakatta
masu stem
sakanoborare
te-form
sakanoborarete
Negative te-form
sakanoborarenakute
Passive Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
sakanoboraremasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
sakanoboraremasen
Past Indicative Form
sakanoboraremashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
sakanoboraremasendeshita
Causative Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
sakanoboraseru
Present Indicative Negative Form
sakanoborasenai
Past Indicative Form
sakanoboraseta
Past Indicative Negative Form
sakanoborasenakatta
masu stem
sakanoborase
te-form
sakanoborasete
Negative te-form
sakanoborasenakute
Causative Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
sakanoborasemasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
sakanoborasemasen
Past Indicative Form
sakanoborasemashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
sakanoborasemasendeshita
Causative Passive Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
sakanoborasareru
Present Indicative Negative Form
sakanoborasarenai
Past Indicative Form
sakanoborasareta
Past Indicative Negative Form
sakanoborasarenakatta
masu stem
sakanoborasare
te-form
sakanoborasarete
Negative te-form
sakanoborasarenakute
Causative Passive Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
sakanoborasaremasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
sakanoborasaremasen
Past Indicative Form
sakanoborasaremashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
sakanoborasaremasendeshita
Colloquial Form
Present Indicative Negative Masculine Form
sakanoboran
Formal Form
Present Indicative Negative Form
sakanoborazu
Classical Form (nu)
Present Indicative Negative Form
sakanoboranu
Classical Form (zaru)
Present Indicative Negative Form
sakanoborazaru

Sample Sentences for さかのぼる

To determine its origin, we must go back to the middle ages.
It is considered impossible to travel back to the past.
Some of the oldest Chinese chopsticks date from 1200 B.C.
The cathedral dates back to the Middle Ages.
It goes back, Personnel Officer Paula Grayson told us, to the way many employers used to pay their employees a hundred years ago.

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