辿る (たどる): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

辿る (たどる) means to follow / to trace a path.

See example sentences below.

辿る at a glance

辿る

たどるtadoru

N1verb

to follow / to trace a path

辿るたどるtadoruN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

to follow / to trace a path

Example 1

地図をたどって山へ行く。

Translation

I follow the map to go to the mountain.

Example 2

過去の記録をたどって調べた。

Translation

I traced through past records to investigate.