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踏まえる · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	踏ふまえる	踏ふまえない
Polite	踏ふまえます	踏ふまえません
Past polite	踏ふまえました	踏ふまえませんでした
Past	踏ふまえた	踏ふまえなかった
Te-form	踏ふまえて	踏ふまえないで
Desire	踏ふまえたい	踏ふまえたくない
Potential	踏ふまえられるalso 踏ふまえれる	踏ふまえられないalso 踏ふまえれない
Passive	踏ふまえられる	踏ふまえられない
Causative	踏ふまえさせる	踏ふまえさせない
Causative passive	踏ふまえさせられる	踏ふまえさせられない
Volitional	踏ふまえよう
Polite volitional	踏ふまえましょう
Imperative	踏ふまえろ	踏ふまえるな
Conditional	踏ふまえれば	踏ふまえなければ
Tara conditional	踏ふまえたら	踏ふまえなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

be based on; take into account; build upon

Used when a decision, plan, or statement is grounded in facts, data, experience, or a particular premise. Often appears in formal or business contexts.

この計けい画かくは最さい新しんのデータを踏ふまえて作さく成せいされました。
This plan was created based on the latest data.
皆みなさんの意い見けんを踏ふまえて、最さい終しゅう判はん断だんを下くだします。
I will make the final decision taking everyone's opinions into account.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

plant one's feet firmly on; stand firmly on

Literal, physical sense of placing one's feet securely on a surface. Less common than the figurative sense, but used in descriptive or literary contexts.

彼かれは大だい地ちをしっかりと踏ふまえて立たっていた。
He stood with his feet firmly planted on the ground.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を踏ふまえて〈動どう詞し〉to do something based on/taking into account a fact or situation
前ぜん回かいの失しっ敗ぱいを踏ふまえて、新あたらしい計けい画かくを立たてた。
Taking the previous failure into account, we drew up a new plan.
〈場ば所しょ〉を踏ふまえて立たつto stand with one's feet planted firmly on a surface
岩いわの上うえをしっかりと踏ふまえて立たった。
He stood firmly with his feet planted on the rock.
〈事こと〉を踏ふまえた〈物もの〉something grounded in/based on a fact or situation
市し場じょう調ちょう査さを踏ふまえた戦せん略りゃくを発はっ表ぴょうした。
They announced a strategy based on the market research.
現げん状じょうを踏ふまえるto take the current situation into account
現げん状じょうを踏ふまえて対たい応おうを検けん討とうする必ひつ要ようがある。
We need to consider our response in light of the current situation.

Grammar

を踏ふまえてtaking into account; building onN1

Kanji

踏step, trample, carry through

Related words

基もとづくN3sense 1
基づく is intransitive and takes 〜に (規則に基づく), while 踏まえる is transitive and takes 〜を, implying you actively factor in the premise before acting.
考こう慮りょN2sense 1
考慮する simply means 'to consider' something in general, whereas 踏まえる stresses that the thing considered becomes the foundation for what follows.
加か味みN1sense 1
加味する means to add an extra factor into a mix of considerations, while 踏まえる means to ground your whole action or statement on a given premise.
鑑かんがみる
踏まえる means to use something as a basis for one's argument or action, whereas 鑑みる stresses learning from or weighing a past case before deciding.

Don't confuse with

踏ふむN4sense 1
踏む is the plain verb for physically stepping on something, while 踏まえる (its derived form) is mainly used figuratively to mean 'base on' or 'take into account'.

Written forms

踏ふまえるUsage89%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency news word.
ふまえるUsage11%

Etymology

Compound of 踏む (to step on) and まえる (an old auxiliary verb meaning 'to continue to be in a state'). The literal meaning 'to keep one's feet on' extended to the figurative 'to be grounded in' or 'to base on'.