JLPT N1 · Verb

踏み込む (fumikomu)

踏み込む (ふみこむ, fumikomu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.

Reading
ふみこむ
Romaji
fumikomu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid · godan verb, transitive
  2. to come to grips with; to get to the core of · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

君子が恐れて踏み込まぬ所へも愚者は突入する。
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
詳しいことが全部わかるまでは、あわててその場にふみこむな。見当がつくまでは、慎重にかまえておれ。
Don't rush into the situation until you have all the details; hold your horses until you know where you are going.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 踏み込む

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary踏み込むふみこむ fumikomu
Polite (~masu)踏み込みますふみこみます fumikomimasu
Negative踏み込まないふみこまない fumikomanai
Polite negative踏み込みませんふみこみません fumikomimasen
Past踏み込んだふみこんだ fumikonda
Polite past踏み込みましたふみこみました fumikomimashita
Negative past踏み込まなかったふみこまなかった fumikomanakatta
Te-form踏み込んでふみこんで fumikonde
Potential踏み込めるふみこめる fumikomeru
Passive踏み込まれるふみこまれる fumikomareru
Causative踏み込ませるふみこませる fumikomaseru
Volitional踏み込もうふみこもう fumikomou
Imperative踏み込めふみこめ fumikome
Conditional (~ba)踏み込めばふみこめば fumikomeba

Kanji in 踏み込む

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 踏み込む.

Source: JMdict entry 1450150 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.