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N2 う-verb (む), Intransitive verb

歩(あゆ)むto walk, to go on foot

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    1. う-verb (む), Intransitive verb

      1. 1.

        to walk, to go on foot

      2. 2.

        to tread (a figurative path), to follow, to lead (a life), to experience

      3. 3.

        to advance towards (e.g. a solution), to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.), to embark (on the road to ...)

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    歩む 【あゆむ】

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      • あ

      • ゆ

      • む

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    Examples

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      祖母(そぼ)は苦難(くなん)の人生(じんせい)を歩(あゆ)みました。

      My grandmother led a life of hardship.

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      僕(ぼく)と元(もと)妻(つま)は、今(いま)は別々(べつべつ)の人生(じんせい)を歩(あゆ)んでいます。

      My ex-wife and I are now leading separate lives.

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      野道(のみち)を歩(あゆ)んでいる時(とき)に二匹(にひき)の野(の)ウサギを見(み)かけました。

      When I was walking on the field path, I saw two wild rabbits.

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      戦争(せんそう)は人間(にんげん)が破滅(はめつ)の道(みち)へと歩(あゆ)むことを助長(じょちょう)している気(き)がする。

      I feel that war encourages humanity to embark on the path to destruction.

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      エリートコースを歩(あゆ)んでいる兄(あに)の事(こと)だから、将来(しょうらい)は弁護士(べんごし)になるはずだ。

      Since my older brother is treading the elite path, he is expected to become a lawyer in the future.

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