散歩|さんぽsanpo[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbwalk; stroll
   公園こうえんを散歩さんぽしましょう。↗

   Let's take a walk in the park.

• Synonym散策さんさくWrittenWritten/formal prose. A leisurely stroll, more literary than 「散歩」; common in tourism promotion, as in 「京都散策」.
• Synonym逍遥しょうようWrittenWritten/formal prose. Strolling freely and at ease, with a refined, literary flavor, as in 「哲学の道を逍遥する」.
• Synonym遊歩ゆうほWrittenWritten/formal prose. A formal word for strolling, seen mostly in compounds such as 「遊歩道」.
• Synonym漫歩まんぽWrittenWritten/formal prose. An aimless, casual stroll; very rare, and everyday speech just says 「散歩」.
• Related歩き回るあるきまわるNeutralNeutral. Walking around within an area, as in 「部屋を歩き回る」; not necessarily for leisure.
• Related徘徊はいかいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Aimless wandering, often with a suspicious feel or of an elderly person with dementia, as in 「深夜の徘徊」.
• RelatedさまようNeutralNeutral. Wandering lost with no direction, carrying a sense of being adrift, as in 「森をさまよう」.
• Related歩みあゆみWrittenWritten/formal prose. A noun for walking pace and steps, mostly figurative for a course of development, as in 「会社の歩み」; not a leisurely stroll.
• RelatedうろつくCasualColloquial. Prowling or hanging around a place, often with a suspicious air, as in 「不審者がうろつく」.
• Related歩行ほこうWrittenWritten/formal prose. A Sino-Japanese word for the act of walking itself, mostly in medical and traffic contexts, as in 「歩行者」.
• Relatedそぞろ歩きそぞろあるきWrittenWritten/formal prose. A carefree, leisurely stroll with an elegant, poetic feel, as in 「夜桜のそぞろ歩き」.
• RelatedぶらつくCasualColloquial. Idly hanging about with nothing in particular to do, as in 「街をぶらつく」; can also mean dangling and swinging.
• Relatedそぞろ歩くそぞろあるくNeutralNeutral. A verb for strolling at leisure with a refined feel; not common, and everyday speech says 「散歩する」.
• Related彷徨ほうこうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Literary wandering or drifting; in everyday speech people say 「さまよう」.
• Related流れ歩くながれあるくNeutralNeutral. Wandering about aimlessly, with a nuance of drifting from place to place; 「散歩」 is about going out for a relaxed walk.
• RelatedふらつくCasualColloquial. Unsteady, tottering steps, or loitering with nothing to do; also used for a wavering state of mind.
• Related歩きあるきNeutralNeutral. A noun for walking as a way of getting around, as in 「歩きで行く」; about transport, not leisure.

「散歩」 is the default word for a walk or stroll. In written prose prefer 「散策」; for walking around an area use 「歩き回る」; for idly hanging about use 「ぶらつく」; for prowling suspiciously use 「うろつく」; for wandering lost use 「さまよう」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 目的もくてきなくぶらぶらと歩あるくこと。軽かるい運動うんどうや気分転換きぶんてんかんなどを目的もくてきとして戸外こがいをゆったり歩あるくこと。
2. 付添つきそい人にんのもとで動物どうぶつやこどもなどが歩あるくこと。