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
Meanings
Godan verb (-mu), 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
All 7 meanings
- to rhyme
- to succeed to (e.g. the throne)
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
花壇は踏まないで。
Don't step in the flower bed.
釘を踏んじゃった。
I stepped on a nail.
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He put his foot through the floor.
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He stamped out a fire.
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Someone stepped on my foot.
More examples (10)
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Someone stepped on my foot on the train.
うんこ踏んじゃった!
I stepped on poop!
彼はブレーキを踏んだ。
He pressed the brake pedal.
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Don't step on the broken glass.
地雷を踏んでしまった。
I opened Pandora's box.
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He is thinking it over.
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I am stepping on the crescent moon with my feet.
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Did you just step on my tail?
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The dog gave a yelp when I trod on its paw.
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I crunch through the snow.