歩く
a-ru-ku
歩く is moving without the feet ever leaving the ground
The picture Two feet take the ground in turn, never leaving it, and the body moves forward. 歩く keeps the feet on the ground; 走る lifts them off to dash.
Where the picture shows up in 歩く
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Going there on foot
駅まで歩きます。
eki made aruki-masu
I'll walk to the station.
You let the bus go and head for the station on your own two feet.
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Steps turned into minutes
ここから十分ぐらい歩きます。
koko kara jup-pun gurai aruki-masu
It's about ten minutes from here.
Footprints line up between two points on a map with 'ten minutes' written beside them.
Japanese often gives distance as how many minutes you walk.
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Moving the feet daily
毎日少し歩いてください。
mainichi sukoshi aruite kudasai
Please walk a little every day.
Along a hospital corridor a hand on the rail moves the feet one step at a time.
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The foot cannot land
足が痛くて歩けません。
ashi ga itakute aruke-masen
My leg hurts, so I can't walk.
The foot starts down, the pain stops it, and it never reaches the floor.
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Treading around inside
店の中を歩いて探しました。
mise no naka o aruite sagashi-mashita
I walked around the shop looking for it.
You tread a loop between the shelves while your eyes scan them.
All of it in one picture
歩く is one picture: feet that never leave the ground. Take those steps to the station and you walk there; turn the steps into minutes and you get 'ten minutes away'; move the feet a little each day and it is exercise or rehab; fail to set a foot down at all and you cannot walk; tread through a shop and you are looking around on foot. Even 'not by vehicle' is inside this one picture.