散歩
さんぽ
hepburn sanpo
walk, stroll
Part of speech · noun / suru-verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 毎朝、公園を散歩します。I take a walk in the park every morning.
- 犬の散歩が日課です。Walking the dog is my daily routine.
Collocations
散歩 (sanpo, walk / stroll)散歩する (sanpo suru, to take a walk)ジョギング (jogingu, jogging)犬の散歩 (inu no sanpo, dog walk)日課 (nikka, daily routine)
Mnemonic
Sanpo (散歩) is the Sino-Japanese "walk / stroll," used as noun or suru-verb. 散 (scatter) + 歩 (walk) = "wander on foot." Watch the particle: kouen wo sanpo suru (take a walk through the park) uses wo, marking the park as a path-object — distinct from Korean "park-eseo (locative)." In Japanese urban life, sanpo is a coded light exercise / mental reset; o-sanpo (with beautifier o-) is common for dog or child walks. Compare with jogingu (jogging, strenuous) and uookingu (walking for fitness). The 歩 root anchors a walking cluster: aruku (walk verb), sanpo, toho (on foot), hodou (sidewalk).
Quick check
Why does sanpo take wo, not de or ni?