歩(あゆ)み

あゆみ
noun
step, progress, course
formalwrittenmovement
See also: 歩(あゆ)む (verb form)
1. step, pace, walking
The act or manner of walking. A literary or formal alternative to the everyday word for walking.
彼女(かのじょ)は歩(あゆ)みを止(と)めた。
She stopped walking.
疲(つか)れて歩(あゆ)みが遅(おそ)くなった。
Tired, my pace slowed down.
雪(ゆき)の中(なか)、重(おも)い歩(あゆ)みで家(いえ)に向(む)かった。
I headed home with heavy steps through the snow.
2. progress, course, history
The figurative path or trajectory of development over time. Used for the history or progress of an organization, person, or movement.
会社(かいしゃ)の歩(あゆ)みを振(ふ)り返(かえ)る。
To look back on the company's history.
民主主義(みんしゅしゅぎ)の歩(あゆ)みは長(なが)い道(みち)のりだった。
The progress of democracy has been a long road.
この展示(てんじ)は日本(にほん)の科学(かがく)技術(ぎじゅつ)の歩(あゆ)みを紹介(しょうかい)している。
This exhibition introduces the progress of Japanese science and technology.

Usage

The noun form of the verb 歩(あゆ)む. Sense 1 (walking) is literary and used in written or formal contexts; everyday speech prefers 歩(ある)くこと. Sense 2 (progress/history) is the more common usage in modern Japanese, especially in book titles, exhibition descriptions, and organizational histories.

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Related Words

Synonym: 歩(ある)く (to walk (everyday))
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