その話は１６世紀までさかのぼる。
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English Translation
The story goes back to the sixteenth century.
Furigana
その話 は１６世紀 までさかのぼる。
Romanji
Sono hanashi wa ichi roku seiki made sakanoboru.
Words
其の
(その)
that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
話
(はなし)
talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
一
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
六
(ろく、む、むう)
six
世紀
(せいき)
century; era
迄
(まで)
until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely
遡る
(さかのぼる)
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to; to make retroactive