踏む – 20+ Japanese Verbs for Stepping
The Japanese word 踏む(ふむ、) means to step. You can take this word and combine it with other verbs to create a compound verb to express even more specific ideas.
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Compound verbs are just two verbs stuck together. If you translate these from Japanese to English there is not always an exact equivalent. However, the list I provided below gives a close translation or explanation of what the word means.
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INDEX
World List for 踏む
| 踏み込む | ふみこむ | Step into |
| 踏み出す | ふみだす | Step forward |
| 踏み切る | ふみきる | take a plunge or take off |
| 踏み入れる | ふみいれる | Step into |
| 踏ん張る | ふんばる | stand firm or put up a stand |
| 踏みつける | ふみつける | Tread on |
| 踏み外す | ふみはずす | miss a step |
| 踏みしめる | ふみしめる | Firmly step |
| 踏み倒す | ふみたおす | trample down |
| 踏み潰す | ふみつぶす | crush with one’s foot |
| 踏み越える | ふみこえる | step over |
| 踏んづける | ふんづける | step on |
| 踏み抜く | ふみぬく | step through the floor or be pierced through the foot |
| 踏み固める | ふみかためる | harden the surface below by repeated stepping |
| 踏み止まる | ふみとどまる | Hold one’s ground |
| 踏み鳴らす | ふみならす | Stamp one’s feet |
| 踏み躙る | ふみにじる | Trample underfoot |
| 踏み荒らす | ふみあらす | trample on flowers, grass, etc. |
| 踏み分ける | ふみわける | push through |
| 踏み砕く | ふみくだく | step on with a crunch or crush |
| 踏み殺す | ふみころす | trample to death or step on something and kill it |
| 踏み消す | ふみけす | stamp out (a fire) |
| 踏み迷う | ふみまよう | get lost or go astray |
| 踏み違える | ふみちがえる | miss-step, twist an ankle |
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