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歩 kanji
walk, counter for steps
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ホブフ
Kun readings
あるくあゆむ
Variant forms
步Words with 歩
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —散歩道promenade; walk; path; trail; esplanade; mall; parade
- —今一歩one more; another; the other; not quite; close run; just falling short of success
- —初歩的elementary; basic; rudimentary
- —大進歩major progress; huge advance
- —進歩性inventive step; invention (with respect to prior art)
- —独歩高isolated gain in a slow or declining market (stock, currency, etc.)
- —独歩安isolated fall of a security or currency in an otherwise strong market
- —軽歩兵light infantry
- —一歩先one step ahead
- —徒歩圏(within) walking distance
- —計歩器pedometer
- —歩行車wheeled walker
- —遊歩場esplanade; promenade
- —一歩一歩step by step; by degrees
- —一歩前進(a) step forward
- —牛歩戦術snail's pace tactics; walking extremely slowly when voting in the Diet to delay proceedings; ox walk tactic
- —独立独歩self-reliance; self-help
- —日進月歩steady progress; rapid advance
- —百歩譲るto concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
- —徒歩競走footrace