立彬の日本語
その話は１６世紀までさかのぼる。
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The story goes back to the sixteenth century.
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その， そん， 其の
1. that, the
2. part (as in "part two")
3. um ..., er ..., uh ...
那个；部分（如“第二部分”）
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世紀， せいき
1. century
2. era
3. of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
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まで， 迄
1. until (a time), till, to, up to
2. to (a place or person), as far as
3. to (an extent), up to, so far as, even
4. only, merely
到，到……为止，直到；到某地，去见某人
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さかのぼる， 遡る， 溯る， 逆上る， 泝る
1. to go upstream, to go up (a river)
2. to go back (to the past or origin), to date back (to), to trace back (to), to be retroactive (to)
(沿河流)上溯；回溯(历史等)
は
1. indicates sentence topic
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
3. adds emphasis
指示句子的主题