Walker

Japanese translation: 歩む人(literary) 歩く人(colloquial)

18:32 Jan 24, 2004
English to Japanese translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
English term or phrase: Walker
walk, move
lee masters
Japanese translation:歩む人(literary) 歩く人(colloquial)
Explanation:
One needs to be careful. If walker is used in connection with the trafic law, it means pedestrian.歩行者
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Nobuo Kawamura
Japan
Local time: 03:04
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2歩む人(literary) 歩く人(colloquial)
Nobuo Kawamura
4 +1ウォーカー
ejprotran
4歩む者(ayumu mono)
Mumu Watanabe (X)


  

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歩む人(literary) 歩く人(colloquial)


Explanation:
One needs to be careful. If walker is used in connection with the trafic law, it means pedestrian.歩行者

Nobuo Kawamura
Japan
Local time: 03:04
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in pair: 505
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  KojiTakata (X): 「歩く人」(aruku-hito) is popular wording.
14 hrs

agree  Rajiv Arora
4 days
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walker
歩む者(ayumu mono)


Explanation:
This is more poetic translation and sounds old.

Mumu Watanabe (X)
Local time: 03:04
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in pair: 22
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ウォーカー


Explanation:
If that's a person's name, it should be written as ウォーカー.

If that's a lightweight waist-high framework to help somebody who cannot walk without support, it should be written as either ウォーカー or 歩行器(ほこうき).

HTH

ejprotran
Local time: 03:04
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in pair: 226

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hirohisa Oda
1 day 11 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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