Vocab Info

N4 う-verb (む), Transitive verb

踏(ふ)むto step on, to tread on, to experience, to undergo, to estimate, to value, to appraise, to rhyme, to inherit (the throne, etc.), to follow (rules, morals, principles, etc.)

    Dictionary Definition

    1. う-verb (む), Transitive verb

      1. 1.

        to step on, to tread on, to trample on

      2. 2.

        to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil), to stand on, to visit

      3. 3.

        to experience, to undergo

      4. 4.

        to follow (rules, principles, etc.), to go through (e.g. formalities), to complete

      5. 5.

        to estimate, to guess, to judge, to value, to appraise

      6. 6.

        to rhyme

        See Also:

      7. 7.

        to succeed to (e.g. the throne)

    All Forms

    踏む 【ふむ】、履む 【ふむ】、践む 【ふむ】

    Details

      • ふ

      • む

    • Frequency

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    Examples

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    • 空(から)のペットボトルを踏(ふ)んで潰(つぶ)す。

      To step on an empty plastic bottle to crush it.

      • N4
    • 娘(むすめ)は思(おも)いっきり自転車(じてんしゃ)のペダルを踏(ふ)みました。

      My daughter pedaled her bicycle with all her might.

      • N4
    • 故郷(こきょう)の地(ち)を久(ひさ)しぶりに踏(ふ)んで初(はじ)めて、自分(じぶん)がどんなに故郷(こきょう)が恋(こい)しかったかが分(わ)かった。

      Only after stepping on the ground of my hometown for the first time in a long time did I realize how much I had missed it.

      • N4
    • 彼(かれ)のような不(ふ)真面目(まじめ)で横暴(おうぼう)な政治(せいじ)家(か)に投票(とうひょう)する人(ひと)は少(すこ)しもいないだろうと踏(ふ)んでいる。

      I would guess that not a single person would vote for an irresponsible and arrogant politician like him.

      • N3
    • 前(まえ)をよく確認(かくにん)せずに歩(ある)いていたら下(お)ろし立(た)ての靴(くつ)でうっかり鳥(とり)のフンを踏(ふ)んでしまった。

      I was walking without checking ahead carefully and accidentally stepped on bird droppings with my unpacked shoes.

      • N3
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