Word | Reading | Meaning |
踏まえる | ふまえる | to be based on, to have origin in |
踏切 | ふみきり | railway crossing, railroad crossing, train crossing, level crossing; starting line, scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring (in sumo) |
踏む | ふむ | to step on, to tread on; to experience, to undergo; to estimate, to value, to appraise; to rhyme; to inherit (the throne, etc.); to follow (rules, morals, principles, etc.) |
舞踏 | ぶとう | dancing |
足踏み | あしぶみ | stepping, stamping, marking time |
踏み絵 | ふみえ | tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample |
踏ん張る | ふんばる | to brace one's legs, to straddle, to stand firm, to plant oneself (somewhere), to hold out, to persist |
雑踏 | ざっとう | congestion, traffic jam, throng, hustle and bustle |
踏み入れる | ふみいれる | to walk in on, to tread upon |
踏み込み | ふみこみ | stepping into, breaking or rushing into |