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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
- —指背歩行knuckle-walking (e.g. by chimpanzees, etc.)
- —四足歩行quadruped walking; walking on four legs
- —一歩譲るto be slightly inferior; to be a degree worse; to give an inch; to make a concession; to concede a point
- —一日一歩one step each day
- —空中散歩stroll in the air (e.g. leisurely helicopter, airplane ride)
- —重装歩兵heavy infantry
- —徒歩圏内within walking distance
- —歩車分離separation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic
- —五十歩百歩six of one, half a dozen of the other; scant difference
- —歩行者優先priority to pedestrians
- —一歩下がるto take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to take a back seat; to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
- —長足の進歩rapid progress (strides)
- —歩を進めるto walk; to move forward; to make progress
- —歩行補助器walker; walking frame; Zimmer; Zimmer frame
- —調歩式伝送start-stop transmission
- —調歩同期式start-stop system
- —横断歩道橋pedestrian bridge; footbridge
- —進歩主義者progressionist
- —徒歩暴走族pseudo-bike gang which travels on foot
- —歩行者空間pedestrian zone; pedestrian space