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躓く: to trip (over)

躓つまずく tsumazuku

to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

JLPT N2Everyday actions

ある朝あさは石いしに躓つまずいて転ころびそうになり、振り返ふりかえると、あのおじいさんが心配しんぱいそうに見みていた。

One morning I tripped on a stone and nearly fell, and when I looked back, that old man was watching with concern.