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歩み

あゆみ

walking; pace; step; progress; course (of history, a company, etc.)

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Examples

  1. 祖母の歩みはゆっくりだ。

    そぼのあゆみはゆっくりだ。

    My grandmother walks slowly.

  2. 何て歩みののろいやつだろう。

    なんてあゆみののろいやつだろう。

    How slow you are!

  3. 会社の百年の歩みを一冊の本にまとめた。

    かいしゃのひゃくねんのあゆみをいっさつのほんにまとめた。

    We put the company's hundred-year history into a single book.

  4. 両国はようやく歩み寄る姿勢を見せた。

    りょうこくはようやくあゆみよるしせいをみせた。

    The two countries finally showed a willingness to meet halfway.

Common patterns

歩みを止める
to halt; to stop in one's tracks
歩み寄る
to meet halfway; to compromise
歴史の歩み
the course of history

Memory tip

The noun of 歩む. Beyond literal walking it names the course a company, a nation or history has travelled — 〜の歩み is standard in commemorative writing. 歩み寄る is the everyday word for compromising.

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