足音 – Vocabulary details

足あし音おと

Meanings

Noun

1. sound of footsteps

2. sense or sign that something is approaching

when read as "あしおと"

Alt. forms

Kanji used

足

foot

音

sound

Pitch accent

あ

しお

と

あ

しおと

あ

しおと

Used in: 3945

Composed of

足あし

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation

音おと

sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

Used in vocabulary (4 in total)

足あし音おとを立たてる

to walk noisily; to walk loudly

足あし音おとを殺ころして

with hushed footsteps

足あし音おとをたてる

to walk noisily; to walk loudly

足あし音おとをしのばせて

with stealthy steps; with noiseless footsteps; on tiptoe; stealthily

Examples (5 in total)

足あし音おとが聞きこえる。

I hear footsteps.

外そとで足あし音おとが聞きこえる。

I hear footsteps outside.

足あし音おとを聞きいた瞬しゅん間かん、誰だれだか分わかった。

The moment I heard the footsteps, I knew who it was.

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