VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

歩く

あるく

hepburn aruku

to walk

Part of speech · godan-verb

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Examples

駅まで歩きます。
I walk to the station.
公園を歩くのが好きです。
I like walking in the park.

Collocations

~まで歩く (walk to)~を歩く (walk around)歩いて行く (go on foot)歩道 (hodou, sidewalk)散歩 (sanpo, stroll)

Mnemonic

Aruku — 歩く, to walk. Stem "aru" + godan ending "ku." The kanji 歩 is Korean "bo" (bohaeng, sanbo). "I walk to the station" = 駅まで歩いて行きます. 散歩 (sanpo, stroll) uses the Sino reading — "scattered walking." One verb carries a commute and a stroll in the same word.

Quick check

"I go to the station on foot" — natural Japanese?