I Love Kanji歩む (ayumu)
歩む (あゆむ, ayumu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to walk; to go on foot”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あゆむ
- Romaji
- ayumu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to walk; to go on foot · godan verb, intransitive
- to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to lead (a life); to experience · godan verb, intransitive
- 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 ...) · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
ビルはあの会社の社長になるまで成功への道を歩み続けた。
Bill climbed the ladder of success until he became the president of the company.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 歩む
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 歩む | あゆむ ayumu |
| Polite (~masu) | 歩みます | あゆみます ayumimasu |
| Negative | 歩まない | あゆまない ayumanai |
| Polite negative | 歩みません | あゆみません ayumimasen |
| Past | 歩んだ | あゆんだ ayunda |
| Polite past | 歩みました | あゆみました ayumimashita |
| Negative past | 歩まなかった | あゆまなかった ayumanakatta |
| Te-form | 歩んで | あゆんで ayunde |
| Potential | 歩める | あゆめる ayumeru |
| Passive | 歩まれる | あゆまれる ayumareru |
| Causative | 歩ませる | あゆませる ayumaseru |
| Volitional | 歩もう | あゆもう ayumou |
| Imperative | 歩め | あゆめ ayume |
| Conditional (~ba) | 歩めば | あゆめば ayumeba |
Kanji in 歩む
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 歩む.
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Source: JMdict entry 1514360 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.