Illustration: Inside a long-established neighborhood tofu shop, the current owner holds an aged family photograph beside the shop’s heavy wooden tofu mold. The photograph shows an earlier generation using that very mold, recognizable by an unusual repaired corner and carved fish ornament.

さかのぼる

sakanoboru

to date back to

Example sentences

私達わたしたちの不和ふわは子供時代こどもじだいにまでさかのぼる。
Our feud traces back to our childhood.
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その教会きょうかいは１１７３年ねんまでさかのぼる。
The church dates back to 1173.
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彼かれの家系かけいは１７世紀せいきにさかのぼる。
His family dates back to the seventeenth century.
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