この壮大な大聖堂の建立は中世にまでさかのぼる。

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English Translation

This magnificent cathedral dates back to the Middle Ages.

Furigana

この壮大(そうだい)な大(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

Kono sōdaina dai seidō no konryū wa chūsei ni made sakanoboru.

Words

此の (この)

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

壮大 (そうだい)

magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid

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