踏む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
踏
ふ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
履む
践む

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「踏む」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		踏む ふむ
Imperative (命令形) 踏め ふめ
Key constructions
Passive 踏まれる ふまれる
Causative 踏ませる ふませる
Potential 踏める ふめる
Volitional 踏もう ふもー
Negative 踏まない ふまない
Negative perfective 踏まなかった ふまなかった
Formal 踏みます ふみます
Perfective 踏んだ ふんだ
Conjunctive 踏んで ふんで
Hypothetical conditional 踏めば ふめば

Verb

踏(ふ)む • (fumu) transitive godan (stem 踏(ふ)み (fumi), past 踏(ふ)んだ (funda))

  1. to step, tread
    ブレーキを踏(ふ)む ― burēki o fumu ― to press on the brakes
    四(し)股(こ)を踏(ふ)む ― shiko o fumu ― to step on all fours
  2. to set foot, visit
    ヨーロッパの土(つち)を踏(ふ)む ― Yōroppa no tsuchi o fumu ― to set foot on European soil
  3. to experience, go through
  4. to follow, go along
  5. (religion) to worship
    願(がん)かけに御(お)百(ひゃく)度(ど)を踏(ふ)む
    gankake ni o-hyakudo o fumu
    to worship a hundred times to pray for something
  6. to make estimates or valuations
    どう踏(ふ)んでも安(やす)物(もの)だ。
    Dō funde mo yasumono da.
    No matter how much you think it costs, it's a cheapie.
  7. to rhyme
    頭(とう)韻(いん)を踏(ふ)む ― tōin o fumu ― to alliterate
  8. to occupy a position
    帝(てい)位(い)を踏(ふ)む ― teī o fumu ― to step on the throne
  9. (stock market, in margin trading) to buy back open interest at the risk of loss
  10. (fishing) to clam with one's feet

Conjugation

Conjugation of "踏む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 踏ま ふま fuma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 踏み ふみ fumi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 踏む ふむ fumu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 踏む ふむ fumu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 踏め ふめ fume
Meireikei ("imperative") 踏め ふめ fume
Key constructions
Passive 踏まれる ふまれる fumareru
Causative 踏ませる
踏ます 		ふませる
ふます 		fumaseru
fumasu
Potential 踏める ふめる fumeru
Volitional 踏もう ふもう fumō
Negative 踏まない ふまない fumanai
Negative continuative 踏まず ふまず fumazu
Formal 踏みます ふみます fumimasu
Perfective 踏んだ ふんだ funda
Conjunctive 踏んで ふんで funde
Hypothetical conditional 踏めば ふめば fumeba
Classical conjugation of "踏む" (マ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 踏ま ふま fuma
Continuative (連用形) 踏み ふみ fumi
Terminal (終止形) 踏む ふむ fumu
Attributive (連体形) 踏む ふむ fumu
Realis (已然形) 踏め ふめ fume
Imperative (命令形) 踏め ふめ fume
Key constructions
Negative 踏まず ふまず fumazu
Contrasting conjunction 踏めど ふめど fumedo
Causal conjunction 踏めば ふめば fumeba
Conditional conjunction 踏まば ふまば fumaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 踏みき ふみき fumiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 踏みけり ふみけり fumikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 踏みつ ふみつ fumitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 踏みぬ ふみぬ fuminu
Perfect-continuative tense 踏めり
踏みたり		 ふめり
ふみたり		 fumeri
fumitari
Volitional 踏まむ ふまむ fumamu

Derived terms

  • ふみえ (fumie) (stepping on a picture of Christ to punish suspected Christians during the Shogunate)
  • ふみふみ (fumifumi) ("kneading", when a cat slowly presses its front paws on something to relax)

References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
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