あしぶみ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
足踏み

Etymology

From (あし) (ashi) + () (fumi, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (fumu).). The fumi changes to bumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

あしぶみ • (ashibumiあしぶみ (asibumi)?

  1. stamping one's feet
  2. making no progress

Verb

あしぶみする • (ashibumi suruあしぶみ (asibumi)?suru (stem あしぶみ (ashibumi shi), past あしぶみした (ashibumi shita))

  1. to stamp one's feet
  2. to make no progress

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN