踏ふみしめる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

step firmly; tread solidly

To place one's foot down with weight and stability, often with a sense of purpose or grounding.

• 彼かれは大だい地ちを力ちから強づよく踏ふみしめて歩あるいた。

  He walked, stepping firmly on the earth with strength.

• 新あたらしい靴くつで地じ面めんを踏ふみしめる感かん触しょくが好すきだ。

  I like the feeling of treading solidly on the ground with new shoes.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

harden by treading; compact by stepping

To press down and solidify a surface, such as soil or snow, by repeatedly stepping on it.

• 庭にわの土つちを踏ふみしめて平たいらにした。

  I hardened the garden soil by treading on it to make it flat.

• 雪ゆきを踏ふみしめて道みちを作つくった。

  We made a path by compacting the snow underfoot.