私の知る限り、この大聖堂の建立は中世にまでさかのぼる。

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English Translation

To the best of my knowledge, the cathedral dates back to the Middle Ages.

Furigana

私(わたし)の知(し)る限(かぎ)り、この大(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

Watashi no shiru kagiri, kono dai seidō no konryū wa chūsei ni made sakanoboru.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

限り (かぎり)

limit; limits; bounds; degree; extent; scope; as far as possible; as much as possible; to the best of one's ability; very much; unless (after neg. verb); the end; the last; as long as; only

此の (この)

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

大 (おお)

big; large

聖堂 (せいどう)

(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary

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