歩む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
歩
あゆ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
步む (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「歩む」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		歩む あゆむ
Imperative (命令形) 歩め あゆめ
Key constructions
Passive 歩まれる あゆまれる
Causative 歩ませる あゆませる
Potential 歩める あゆめる
Volitional 歩もう あゆもー
Negative 歩まない あゆまない
Negative perfective 歩まなかった あゆまなかった
Formal 歩みます あゆみます
Perfective 歩んだ あゆんだ
Conjunctive 歩んで あゆんで
Hypothetical conditional 歩めば あゆめば

Verb

歩(あゆ)む • (ayumu) intransitive godan (stem 歩(あゆ)み (ayumi), past 歩(あゆ)んだ (ayunda))

  1. to walk

Conjugation

Conjugation of "歩む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 歩ま あゆま ayuma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 歩み あゆみ ayumi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 歩む あゆむ ayumu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 歩む あゆむ ayumu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 歩め あゆめ ayume
Meireikei ("imperative") 歩め あゆめ ayume
Key constructions
Passive 歩まれる あゆまれる ayumareru
Causative 歩ませる
歩ます 		あゆませる
あゆます 		ayumaseru
ayumasu
Potential 歩める あゆめる ayumeru
Volitional 歩もう あゆもう ayumō
Negative 歩まない あゆまない ayumanai
Negative continuative 歩まず あゆまず ayumazu
Formal 歩みます あゆみます ayumimasu
Perfective 歩んだ あゆんだ ayunda
Conjunctive 歩んで あゆんで ayunde
Hypothetical conditional 歩めば あゆめば ayumeba

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
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