辿る – Vocabulary details

辿たどる

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)

Usually written in kana

1. to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace

朝あさ通とおった道みちを逆ぎゃくに辿たどればいいだけだろ？You just have to trace the road you took in the morning in reverse, right?

2. to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to retrace (e.g. one's memory); to search; to go over

ちょっと立たち止どまって、その音おとを辿たどってみることにした。I decided to stop for a moment and try tracing the sound.

3. to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of; to take (a course); to pursue (a path); to meet (a fate)

お前まえと深ふかく関かかわる者ものはいずれ、同おなじ運うん命めいを辿たどることになる。Anyone who gets deeply involved with you will meet the same fate sooner or later.

Alt. forms

Kanji used

辿

track down

Pitch accent

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Conjugations...Used in: 2136

Used in vocabulary (4 in total)

記き憶おくを辿たどる

to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall

一いっ途とを辿たどる

to continue; to keep going; to go along (e.g. with some trend)

元もとを辿たどる

to trace back to (the origins of something)

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Examples (8 in total)

途と中ちゅうで別べつの道みちを辿たどったようですね。

It seems you took a different route along the way.

どうなったんだっけ、と記き憶おくの糸いとを辿たどる。

I trace the threads of memory, wondering what happened.

彼かれは思おもい出でを辿たどるように、ゆっくりと続つづける。

He continues slowly, as if retracing his memories.

朝あさ通とおった道みちを逆ぎゃくに辿たどればいいだけだろ？

You just have to trace the road you took in the morning in reverse, right?

ちょっと立たち止どまって、その音おとを辿たどってみることにした。

I decided to stop for a moment and try tracing the sound.

自じ分ぶんが辿たどるであろう、これからの人じん生せいを容よう易いに想そう像ぞうできる。

I can easily imagine the life I will lead from now on.

森もりの中なかの小こ道みちを辿たどっていくのは楽たのしいことだ。

It's fun to follow the path through the woods.

お前まえと深ふかく関かかわる者ものはいずれ、同おなじ運うん命めいを辿たどることになる。