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Japanese
Etymology
Alternative spelling
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步く (kyūjitai)
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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
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Stem forms
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Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形)
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歩く
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あるく
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Imperative (命令形)
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歩け
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あるけ
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Key constructions
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Passive
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歩かれる
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あるかれる
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Causative
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歩かせる
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あるかせる
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Potential
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歩ける
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あるける
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Volitional
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歩こう
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あるこー
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Negative
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歩かない
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あるかない
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Negative perfective
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歩かなかった
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あるかなかった
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Formal
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歩きます
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あるきます
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Perfective
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歩いた
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あるいた
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Conjunctive
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歩いて
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あるいて
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Hypothetical conditional
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歩けば
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あるけば
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Verb
歩く • (aruku) transitive or intransitive godan (stem 歩き (aruki), past 歩いた (aruita))
- (intransitive) to walk
- 湖まで歩いていきましょう。
- Mizuumi made aruite ikimashō.
- Let's walk to the lake.
- 私は歩いて行きます。
- Watashi wa aruite ikimasu.
- I will go on foot.
- (transitive) to walk through some kind of place
- 夜の街を歩く
- yoru no machi o aruku
- to walk the streets at night
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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歩か
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あるか
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aruka
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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歩き
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あるき
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aruki
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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歩く
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あるく
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aruku
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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歩く
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あるく
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aruku
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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歩け
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あるけ
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aruke
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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歩け
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あるけ
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aruke
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Key constructions
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Passive
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歩かれる
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あるかれる
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arukareru
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Causative
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歩かせる 歩かす
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あるかせる あるかす
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arukaseru arukasu
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Potential
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歩ける
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あるける
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arukeru
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Volitional
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歩こう
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あるこう
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arukō
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Negative
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歩かない
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あるかない
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arukanai
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Negative continuative
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歩かず
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あるかず
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arukazu
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Formal
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歩きます
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あるきます
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arukimasu
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Perfective
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歩いた
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あるいた
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aruita
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Conjunctive
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歩いて
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あるいて
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aruite
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Hypothetical conditional
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歩けば
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あるけば
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arukeba
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Synonyms
References
- ^ “歩”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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