踏む

ふむ

to step on; to tread on; to trample on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil)

JLPT N4 Common word Also written 履む、践む

Meanings

  1. Godan verb (-mu), Transitive

    to step on; to tread on; to trample on
  2. to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to visit
  3. to experience; to undergo
  4. to follow (rules, principles, etc.); to go through (e.g. formalities); to complete
  5. to estimate; to guess; to judge; to value; to appraise
All 7 meanings
  1. to rhyme
  2. to succeed to (e.g. the throne)

Forms

PlainPolite
Present踏むふむ踏みますふみます
Negative踏まないふまない踏みませんふみません
Past踏んだふんだ踏みましたふみました
Past negative踏まなかったふまなかった踏みませんでしたふみませんでした
Te-form踏んでふんで
Potential踏めるふめる
Passive踏まれるふまれる
Causative踏ませるふませる
Volitional踏もうふもう
Imperative踏めふめ
Conditional (ば)踏めばふめば
Conditional (たら)踏んだらふんだら

Example sentences

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