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踏み切る, 踏切る, ふみきる
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to take off, to jump, to leap
2. to take the plunge, to decide, to embark on, to venture into, to launch out into
Sumo term
3. to step out of the ring
彼は多くの希望と不安を抱いて結婚にふみきった。
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踏む, 履む, 践む, ふむ
Conjugated: 踏み
Godan verb, Transitive
1. 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
何をするにも順序を踏んでやりなさい。
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踏み込む, ふみこむ
Godan verb
1. to step into (e.g. someone else's territory), to break into, to raid
2. to come to grips with, to get to the core of
君子が恐れて踏み込まぬ所へも愚者は突入する。
踏み出す, 踏みだす, 踏出す, ふみだす
Godan verb, Intransitive, Transitive
1. to step forward, to step forth, to advance
2. to start, to embark on, to set forth on, to take steps toward
一歩踏み出せば半分終わったも同じ。
足踏み, 足ぶみ, あしぶみ
Takes suru
1. stepping (in place), stamping (up and down), stomping, marking time (for a soldier)
2. standstill, stalemate
兵士たちは足踏みをしていた。
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踏みにじる, 踏み躙る, ふみにじる
Godan verb, Transitive
to trample underfoot, to tread on, to crush with a foot
踏み入れる, 踏みいれる, ふみいれる
Ichidan verb, Transitive, See 足を踏み入れる
to walk in on, to tread upon
伝説によれば、その森には幽霊が出たので、誰も足を踏み入れようとしなかったそうだ。
踏み絵, 踏絵, ふみえ
1. fumi-e, fumie, tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample
Idiomatic expression
2. allegiance test, loyalty test
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踏み外す, ふみはずす
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to miss one's footing
2. to be off the right track, to be on the wrong path
彼のしたことはひとの道を踏み外したものだ。
踏みとどまる, 踏み止まる, 踏み留まる, ふみとどまる
Godan verb, Intransitive
1. to stay on, to remain, to hold out, to hold one's ground
2. to stop (doing), to give up
踏み込み, ふみこみ
1. dealing fully (with), going into (issue, etc.), stepping into, breaking or rushing into
2. alcove
雪踏み, ゆきふみ
Takes suru
1. trampling down snow on a path
2. foot-worn instrument for trampling snow
絵踏み, えぶみ
Takes suru, See 踏み絵・1
1. (apostatizing through) trampling on a fumi-e, trampling on a tablet bearing Christian images
See 踏み絵・2
2. allegiance test, loyalty test
踏み潰す, 踏みつぶす, ふみつぶす
Godan verb, Transitive
to trample, to crush underfoot
殺してやる！ぶっ殺して、踏み潰してやる！くそったれ！死ね！
揃い踏み, そろい踏み, そろいぶみ
Sumo term
1. ritual stamping in the ring
Takes suru
2. lineup, appearance together
踏み越す, 踏越す, ふみこす
Godan verb, Intransitive, Sumo term
to step out of the ring, to put one's foot outside the ring
ベタ踏み, べた踏み, ベタぶみ, べたぶみ, べたふみ, ベタふみ
See べたっと・1, Colloquialism
flooring the gas pedal, pedal to the metal