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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
- —横行闊歩swaggering
- —進歩主義progressivism
- —一歩引くto take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up
- —歩兵師団infantry division
- —秒進分歩rapid progress; minute-by-minute progress
- —古今独歩unmatched in history; unequaled in history
- —酔歩蹣跚tipsy lurch; reeling gait; staggering gait
- —酩酊歩行drunken (staggering, tottering) gait; wide-based gait
- —あと一歩one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
- —一歩ずつstepwise; one step at a time
- —直立歩行walking upright
- —二足歩行bipedal walking; walking on two legs
- —散歩日和ideal weather for a walk
- —緩歩動物tardigrade (any animal of phylum Tardigrada); water bear
- —踏歩変換lead change (horse gait)
- —調歩同期start-stop synchronization
- —深草兎歩crouched walk treading on hands for stealth used by ninja
- —動く歩道moving walkway; moving sidewalk; travelator
- —遊歩甲板promenade deck
- —一歩手前just this side of; one step short of; on the brink