歩む

Meaning

1. v5mvi
   to walk; to go on foot
2. v5mvi
   to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to lead (a life); to experience
3. v5mvi
   to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.); to embark (on the road to ...)

Example sentences

• 明るい笑顔で2人は光り輝く未来を歩み始めたんだ。

  Smiling cheerfully, the two began to walk off into their brilliant future.

• 彼は先人と同じ道を歩むことを名誉だと信じている。

  He believes it to be an honor to follow in his predecessor's footsteps.

• 彼が戻ってきた時には、女は歩み去っていた。

  When he came back, the woman had walked off.