步: step; walk

步 bù

measure word
: a step; a pace; walk
: march; stages in a process; situation

歩 | かち kachi

noun
: foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot
: (Archaism) going on foot; walking

歩み | あゆみ ayumi

noun
: walking
: progress; advance

歩む | あゆむ ayumu

godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: to walk; to go on foot

歩く| あるく aruku

godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to walk

歩き | あるき aruki OR ありき ariki

noun | no-adjective
: walk; walking
: foot messenger (of a town, village, etc.)

歩こう | ほこう hokou

noun | suru verb
: walk

步驟[骤] bu4zhou4: procedure; step

步伐 bu4fa2: pace; (measured) step; march

步兵 bu4bing1: infantry; foot; infantryman; foot soldier
[歩兵 | ほへい hohei: infantry; infantryman; foot soldier]

步子 bu4zi: step; pace

步行 bu4xing2: to go on foot; to walk
[歩行 | かち kachi: foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot
: (Archaism) going on foot; walking]

散步 san4bu4: to take a walk; to go for a walk
[散歩 | さんぽ sanpo: walk; stroll]

跑步 pao3bu4: to run; to jog; (military) to march at the double

進[进]步 jin4bu4: progress; improvement; to improve; to progress
[進歩 | しんぽ shinpo: progress; advance; improvement; development]

逐步 zhu2bu4: progressively; step by step

初步 chu1bu4: initial; preliminary; tentative
[初歩 | しょほ shoho: basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of …]

初歩的 | しょほてき shohoteki: elementary; basic; rudimentary

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom | proverb
歩一歩 | ほいっぽ hoippo
: step by step

今一歩 | いまいっぽ imaippo
: one more; another; the other
: not quite
: close run; just falling short of success

後一歩 | あといっぽ atoippo
: one more; another; the other
: not quite; not very good

一歩手前 | いっぽてまえ ippotemae
: just this side of; one step short of; on the brink

古今独歩 | ここんどっぽ kokondoppo
: (yoji) unsurpassed in history

散歩日和 | さんぽびより sanpobiyori
: (yoji) ideal weather for a walk

牛歩戦術 | ぎゅうほせんじゅつ gyuuho senjutsu
: (yoji) snail’s pace tactics; walking slowly when voting in the Diet to delay proceedings

一歩間違うと | いっぽまちがうと ippo machi gauto
: make one wrong move and…; take one wrong step and…

千里の道も一歩から | せんりのみちもいっぽから senri no michi mo ippo kara
: a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
[千里之行，始於足下 (千里之行，始于足下) qian1 li3 zhi1 xing2 , shi3 yu2 zu2 xia4
: lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step; fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one]

犬も歩けば棒に当る | いぬもあるけばぼうにあたる inu mo aruke babou ni ataru
: no matter what you attempt, tragedy may befall you; even a dog, if it walks, will bump into a pole
: good luck may come unexpectedly

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom | proverb
步步高陞 [步步高升] bu4 bu4 gao1 sheng1
: to climb step by step; to rise steadily; on the up and up

一步登天 yi1 bu4 deng1 tian1
: reaching heaven in a single bound; (esp. with negative: don’t expect) instant success

亦步亦趨 [亦步亦趋] yi4 bu4 yi4 qu1
: to blindly follow suit; to imitate slavishly; to do what everyone else is doing

作出讓步 [作出让步] zuo4 chu1 rang4 bu4
: to make a concession; to compromise

新年進步 [新年进步] xin1 nian2 jin4 bu4
: Chinese Happy New Year! lit. progression in the new year

故步自封 [gu4 bu4 zi4 feng1] : stuck in the old ways; refusing to acknowledge new ideas; stagnating and conservative

穩步不前 [稳步不前] wen3 bu4 bu4 qian2
: to mark time and make no advances

蝸行牛步 [蜗行牛步] wo1 xing2 niu2 bu4
: lit. to crawl like a snail and plod along like an old ox; fig. to move at a snail’s pace; to make slow progress

規行矩步 [规行矩步] gui1 xing2 ju3 bu4
: to follow the compass and go with the set square; to follow the rules inflexibly; to act according to convention

一步一個腳印 [一步一个脚印] yi1 bu4 yi1 ge4 jiao3 yin4
: one step, one footprint; steady progress; reliable

五十步笑百步 wu3 shi2 bu4 xiao4 bai3 bu4
: the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps; the pot calls the kettle black

百尺竿頭，更盡一步 [百尺竿头，更尽一步] bai3 chi3 gan1 tou2 , geng4 jin4 yi1 bu4
: lit. hundred foot pole, progress still further; fig. much accomplished, still some work to do; to continue to further successes; not to rest on one’s laurels

飯後百步走，活到九十九 [饭后百步走，活到九十九] fan4 hou4 bai3 bu4 zou3 , huo2 dao4 jiu3 shi2 jiu3
: walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life (proverb)