In Japanese, "walk" is 歩く (aruku). It is a verb pronounced "ah-roo-koo".
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歩く is written in kanji and hiragana. Romanised as aruku, it sounds roughly like "ah-roo-koo" to an English ear.
一緒に歩きますか？
Issho ni arukimasu ka?
Shall we to walk together?
歩く means to walk in Japanese. This is an everyday verb that learners encounter early. Mastering its masu form (歩きます) and te-form opens up many sentence patterns.
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Buy on Steam歩く is romanised as aruku. Say it roughly like "ah-roo-koo" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
歩く is the plain (dictionary) form, used in casual speech and in dictionaries. For polite situations, verbs take a different ending, typically -masu. In Noun Town the game always shows the dictionary form.
歩く is written using kanji and hiragana. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
This word is part of the vocabulary taught in the Japanese language learning game Noun Town, where words are introduced through play rather than memorisation.
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