もとをたどる

Frequency rank: 28,646. – 28,849.
    expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.); Godan verb with 'ru' ending
  1. to trace back to (the origins of something)
Forms
  • もとをたどるFrequency rank: 28,646. – 28,849.
  • もとをたどるFrequency rank: 42,321. – 43,060.
  • もとをたどる
Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. to trace back to (the origins of something)
  2. This phrase is used when discussing the process of investigating or discovering the starting point or source of something, often used in historical or genealogical contexts.
Generated collocations (experimental)
to trace back to (the origins of something)to trace back the historyto trace back the rootsto trace back the originsto investigate by tracing back to the origina journey to trace back to the originthe process of tracing back to the originan article that traces back to the originto trace back the legend's originto understand by tracing back to the origin