お百度を踏む · godan verb (-mu)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | お百度を踏む | お百度を踏まない |
| Polite | お百度を踏みます | お百度を踏みません |
| Past polite | お百度を踏みました | お百度を踏みませんでした |
| Past | お百度を踏んだ | お百度を踏まなかった |
| Te-form | お百度を踏んで | お百度を踏まないで |
| Desire | お百度を踏みたい | お百度を踏みたくない |
| Potential | お百度を踏める | お百度を踏めない |
| Passive | お百度を踏まれる | お百度を踏まれない |
| Causative | お百度を踏ませる | お百度を踏ませない |
| Causative passive | お百度を踏ませられるalso お百度を踏まされる | お百度を踏ませられないalso お百度を踏まされない |
| Volitional | お百度を踏もう | |
| Polite volitional | お百度を踏みましょう | |
| Imperative | お百度を踏め | お百度を踏むな |
| Conditional | お百度を踏めば | お百度を踏まなければ |
| Tara conditional | お百度を踏んだら | お百度を踏まなかったら |
visit repeatedly to make a request; make persistent visits
Figurative use derived from the shrine ritual; describes someone who keeps going back to a person or place to ask for something, often with a sense of persistence or importunity.
He visited that company again and again to ask for a job.
walk back and forth in front of a shrine, praying a hundred times
Literal meaning: the traditional Shinto practice of walking back and forth between two points at a shrine while praying, originally done one hundred times. Now often used figuratively (sense 1).
I walked back and forth at the shrine, praying a hundred times, hoping my wish would come true.