Japanese

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
ある
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
步く (kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese. First cited to the Man'yōshū of circa 759 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「歩く
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
歩く [àrúꜜkù]
Imperative (命令形) 歩け [àrúꜜkè]
Key constructions
Passive 歩かれる るかれ [àrúkáréꜜrù]
Causative 歩かせる るかせ [àrúkáséꜜrù]
Potential 歩ける るけ [àrúkéꜜrù]
Volitional 歩こう るこ [àrúkóꜜò]
Negative 歩かない るかない [àrúkáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 歩かなかった るかなかった [àrúkáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 歩きます るきま [àrúkímáꜜsù]
Perfective 歩いた いた [àrúꜜìtà]
Conjunctive 歩いて いて [àrúꜜìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 歩けば けば [àrúꜜkèbà]

Verb

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(ある) (arukutransitive or intransitive godan (stem (ある) (aruki), past (ある)いた (aruita))

  1. (intransitive) to walk
    (みずうみ)まで(ある)いていきましょう。
    Mizuumi made aruite ikimashō.
    Let's walk to the lake.
    (わたし)(ある)いて()きます。
    Watashi wa aruite ikimasu.
    I will go on foot.
  2. (transitive) to walk through some kind of place
    (よる)(まち)(ある)
    yoru no machi o aruku
    to walk the streets at night

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN