How to Say ‘On foot / walking’ in Japanese
歩いて
arui te
[ah-roo-ee teh]
💬 Usage Tip: Te-form of [歩く]. Used like “by walking”: [歩いて五分] (5 minutes on foot).
🇯🇵 In Japan: Japan is very walk-friendly; people commonly give walking-time estimates even for short trips.
Phrase Breakdown
歩い
arui
[ah-roo-ee]
walk (stem)
Stem of 歩く (to walk). With て it becomes “walking / by walking,” used to express travel time on foot.
駅まで歩いて行きます。
I’ll go to the station on foot.
て
te
[teh]
-te form connector; “and/so/please”
Connects actions or creates an adverbial phrase. In “歩いて五分,” it means “(by) walking.”
歩いて五分ぐらいです。
It’s about five minutes on foot.
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