歩あゆみ寄よる

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歩み寄る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	歩あゆみ寄よる	歩あゆみ寄よらない
Polite	歩あゆみ寄よります	歩あゆみ寄よりません
Past polite	歩あゆみ寄よりました	歩あゆみ寄よりませんでした
Past	歩あゆみ寄よった	歩あゆみ寄よらなかった
Te-form	歩あゆみ寄よって	歩あゆみ寄よらないで
Desire	歩あゆみ寄よりたい	歩あゆみ寄よりたくない
Potential	歩あゆみ寄よれる	歩あゆみ寄よれない
Passive	歩あゆみ寄よられる	歩あゆみ寄よられない
Causative	歩あゆみ寄よらせる	歩あゆみ寄よらせない
Causative passive	歩あゆみ寄よらせられるalso 歩あゆみ寄よらされる	歩あゆみ寄よらせられないalso 歩あゆみ寄よらされない
Volitional	歩あゆみ寄よろう
Polite volitional	歩あゆみ寄よりましょう
Imperative	歩あゆみ寄よれ	歩あゆみ寄よるな
Conditional	歩あゆみ寄よれば	歩あゆみ寄よらなければ
Tara conditional	歩あゆみ寄よったら	歩あゆみ寄よらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

compromise; meet halfway

Used for mutual concessions in negotiations, relationships, or opinions; implies both sides adjust their stance.

お互たがいに歩あゆみ寄よって、解かい決けつ策さくを見みつけましょう。
Let's compromise with each other and find a solution.
彼かれは自じ分ぶんの意い見けんに固こ執しつせず、相あい手てに歩あゆみ寄よった。
He didn't stick to his own opinion and met the other person halfway.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

walk up to; approach

Physical movement toward someone or something; often implies stepping closer deliberately.

彼かれはゆっくりと彼かの女じょに歩あゆみ寄よった。
He slowly walked up to her.

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Usage patterns

〈相あい手て〉と歩あゆみ寄よるto meet the other party halfway
労ろう使し双そう方ほうが歩あゆみ寄よって合ごう意いに達たっした。
Both labor and management met halfway and reached an agreement.
〈人ひと〉に歩あゆみ寄よるto walk up to someone
彼かれは静しずかに私わたしに歩あゆみ寄よってきた。
He quietly walked up to me.
〈事こと〉で歩あゆみ寄よるto compromise on a matter
二人ふたりは価か格かくの問もん題だいで歩あゆみ寄よった。
The two of them compromised on the issue of price.
少すこしずつ歩あゆみ寄よるto gradually move toward compromise
交こう渉しょうは難なん航こうしたが、両りょう者しゃは少すこしずつ歩あゆみ寄よった。
The negotiations were difficult, but the two sides gradually came closer to a compromise.

Kanji

歩walk, counter for steps
寄draw near, stop in, bring near

Related words

妥だ協きょうN1sense 1
妥協する is a more formal word for compromising, often stressing concessions on principle, while 歩み寄る is softer and emphasizes both sides moving toward each other.
近ちかづくN3sense 2
近づく is a general word for approaching physically or abstractly, while 歩み寄る specifically suggests a deliberate step toward a person, often with an interpersonal or negotiating nuance.
譲じょう歩ほN1sense 1
譲歩する focuses on one side yielding or giving ground, whereas 歩み寄る implies a mutual, two-way adjustment.
接せっ近きんN2sense 2
接近する is a more neutral, formal term for physical approach, while 歩み寄る adds a sense of intentional, personal closing of distance.

Opposites

対たい立りつN2sense 1
対立する means to clash or remain opposed, the opposite of 歩み寄る's sense of both sides moving toward agreement.

Don't confuse with

近ちか寄よるN2sense 1
近寄る simply means to get physically close to something or someone, while 歩み寄る (in its main sense) implies a mutual concession in a negotiation or relationship, not just physical nearness.

Word family

歩あゆみ寄より
compromise; concession; reaching an agreement

Built from

歩あゆむ+寄よる

Written forms

歩あゆみ寄よるUsage83%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
歩あゆみよるUsage16%
Kana-mixed spelling; less common but acceptable.
あゆみよるUsage1%

Etymology

Compound of 歩み (ayumi, 'walking') + 寄る (yoru, 'to approach'). The figurative sense of 'compromise' developed from the image of physically stepping closer to someone.