歩く

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
ある
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
步く (kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese. First cited to the Man'yōshū of circa 759 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「歩く
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
歩く
Imperative (命令形) 歩け
Key constructions
Passive 歩かれる るかれ
Causative 歩かせる るかせ
Potential 歩ける るけ
Volitional 歩こう るこ
Negative 歩かない るかない
Negative perfective 歩かなかった るかなかった
Formal 歩きます るきま
Perfective 歩いた いた
Conjunctive 歩いて いて
Hypothetical conditional 歩けば けば

Verb

(ある) (arukutransitive or intransitive godan (stem (ある) (aruki), past (ある)いた (aruita))

  1. (intransitive) to walk
    (みずうみ)まで(ある)いていきましょう。
    Mizuumi made aruite ikimashō.
    Let's walk to the lake.
    (わたし)(ある)いて()きます。
    Watashi wa aruite ikimasu.
    I will go on foot.
  2. (transitive) to walk through some kind of place
    (よる)(まち)(ある)
    yoru no machi o aruku
    to walk the streets at night

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References

  1. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN