歩(ある)く

あるく

verb (godan)

to walk

1. to walk

To move on foot at a normal pace. Distinguished from 走(はし)る (hashiru, to run) which is faster movement.

I walk to school.

歩いて = on foot, by walking

公園(こうえん)を歩(ある)きましょう。

Let's walk in the park.

Volitional form for suggestion

It takes 15 minutes to walk from here to the station.

雨(あめ)の中(なか)を歩(ある)くのは好(す)きではありません。

I don't like walking in the rain.

I walk for thirty minutes every morning, so I think it's very good for my health.

TRANSITIVITY: 自動詞(じどうし) (intransitive). No transitive pair. Pattern: Xを歩(ある)く (walk through/along X) or Xまで歩(ある)く (walk to X).

ASPECT: ている indicates ongoing action. 歩(ある)いている = 'is walking.'

COMMON PATTERNS:

Note: Uses を for the path/place walked through, not に.

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