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さかのぼる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
さかのぼる
BOOST
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to go upstream  (often written with kana only)
2. to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to; to make retroactive  (often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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さかのぼる is the most useful form. 4 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 89,000 (about 2,540,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 15186
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
アメリカ
れきし
歴史
さかのぼってみよう
Let's look back on the history of the United States.
かれ
かけい
家系
17
せいき
世紀
さかのぼる
His family dates back to the seventeenth century.
その
はなし
16
せいき
世紀
までさかのぼる
The story goes back to the sixteenth century.
遡る
BOOST
Reading : さかのぼる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 95,000 (about 2,160,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 7815
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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逆上る
BOOST
Reading : さかのぼる   
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 159,000 (about 496,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
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溯る
BOOST
Reading : さかのぼる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 239,000 (about 39,600 results)
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泝る
BOOST
Reading : さかのぼる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 246,000 (about 21,000 results)
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ソ   さかのぼ to go upstream, to retrace the past   
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ついたち first day of the month   
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ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
grass sprout
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grass   
sprout (ie, new shoot of a plant)   
move
ギャク    reverse, converse   さからう to go against, to oppose   さか upside down   
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move
ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼ to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼ to bring up   
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