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歩く

歩く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ある(く)
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Verb

歩く (transitive and intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana あるく, romaji aruku)

  1. (intransitive) to walk
     (みずうみ)まで (ある)いていきましょう。
    Mizuumi made aruite ikimashō.
    Let's walk to the lake.
     (わたし) (ある)いて ()きます。
    Watashi wa aruite ikimasu.
    I will go on foot.
     (よる) (まち) (ある)
    yoru no machi ga aruku
    the streets of the night walk
  2. (transitive) to walk
     (よる) (まち) (ある)
    yoru no machi o aruku
    to walk the streets at night

Conjugation

Synonyms

Verb

歩く (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana ありく, romaji ariku)

  1. (uncommon) to go somewhere; may be by foot or on transportation

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3