| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 足音 | あしおと | 〔歩く音〕(the sound of) footsteps; steps |
| I〔歩く音〕(the sound of) footsteps; steps 子供の足音 the sound of children’s feet 大きな［重い］足音を立てて with a heavy tread 道路に響く馬の足音 the clatter of a horse’s hooves [hoofs] on the road 外に足音が聞こえた We heard (foot)steps outside. 足音を忍ばせて歩いた We walked stealthily. II〔何かが訪れる気配〕 新しい時代の足音が聞こえる I sense [feel] the approach of a new age. |