踏む
ふむ
Also written 履む, 践む
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to step on; to tread on; to trample on
- to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to visit
- to experience; to undergo
- to follow (rules, principles, etc.); to go through (e.g. formalities); to complete
- to estimate; to guess; to judge; to value; to appraise
- to rhyme See also: 韻を踏む (いんをふむ).
- to succeed to (e.g. the throne)
Kanji
- 踏 step on. Read as ふむ.
Example sentences
- 君に会い損ねて地団駄を踏んだよ。
I was chagrined at missing you. - 割れたガラスを踏むな。
Don't step on the broken glass. - 何をするにも順序を踏んでやりなさい。
No matter what you do, you must follow the correct order. - 雨には降られるわ、デートに遅刻するわ、財布を落とすわ、今日は踏んだり蹴ったりだよ。
I get caught in the rain, I'm late for my date, and I lose my pocketbook. It's just one thing after another today. - ミミズを踏むと雨が降るという人がいる。
Some people say stepping on a worm makes it rain.
Common phrases
- 初舞台を踏む
- ブレーキを踏む
- アクセルを踏む
- ホームを踏む
- 韻を踏む (いんをふむ) to rhyme (with)
- 手続きを踏む
- 手順を踏む (てじゅんをふむ) to go through the proper procedures
- 舞台を踏む
- ペダルを踏む
- 段階を踏む (だんかいをふむ) to take steps
- 足で踏む
- 土を踏む
- ステップを踏む (ステップをふむ) to dance
- 二の足を踏む
- 轍を踏む
Words containing 踏む
- 踏み込む (ふみこむ) to step into (e.g. someone else's territory)
- 踏み切る (ふみきる) to take off
- 踏み出す (ふみだす) to step forward
And 49 more.