その大聖堂の建立は中世にまでさかのぼる。

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English Translation

The cathedral dates back to the Middle Ages.

Furigana

その大(だい)聖堂(せいどう)の建立(こんりゅう)は中世(ちゅうせい)にまでさかのぼる。

Romanji

Sono dai seidō no konryū wa chūsei ni 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...

大 (おお)

big; large

聖堂 (せいどう)

(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

建立 (こんりゅう、けんりつ)

(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

中世 (ちゅうせい)

Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods ); medieval times; mediaeval times

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

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