踏む ふむ to step on; to tread on; to trample on v5m vt to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to visit v5m vt to experience; to undergo v5m vt to follow (rules, principles, etc.); to go through (e.g. formalities); to complete v5m vt to estimate; to guess; to judge; to value; to appraise v5m vt to rhyme v5m vt to succeed to (e.g. the throne) v5m vt Beginner ➥
踏切 ふみきり railway crossing; railroad crossing; train crossing; level crossing n starting line; scratch n determination n stepping over the edge of the ring n sumo Intermediate ➥
踏まえる ふまえる to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have origin in v1 vt to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on v1 vt Intermediate II ➥
象が踏んでも壊れない ぞうがふんでもこわれない extremely robust; strong enough for an elephant to step on exp adj-i id Advanced ➥