この風習の起源は１２世紀にさかのぼる。

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この風習の起源は１２世紀にさかのぼる。

English Translation

This custom dates back to the 12th century.

Furigana

この風習(ふうしゅう)の起源(きげん)は１２世紀(せいき)にさかのぼる。

Romanji

Kono fūshū no kigen wa ichi ni seiki ni sakanoboru.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

風習 (ふうしゅう)

custom

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

起源 (きげん)

origin; beginning; rise

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.)

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

世紀 (せいき)

century; era

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

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