退歩

たいほ

retrogression, degeneration, deterioration

一歩一歩

いっぽいっぽ

step by step, by degrees

歩一歩

ほいっぽ ふいちほ

step by step

一歩

いっぽ

(a) step

一進一退

いっしんいったい

now advancing and now retreating, ebb and flow, seesawing, taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns

一日一歩

いちにちいっぽ

one step each day

第一歩

だいいっぽ

first step

一歩先

いっぽさき

one step ahead

今一歩

いまいっぽ

one more, another, the other

退く

ひく しりぞく どく のく

to step aside, to move (i.e. out of the way), to make way

歩く

あるく

to walk

二進一退

にしんいったい

two steps forward, one step back

衰退一途

すいたいいっと

(falling into a) continuous decline, being on the wane

一歩前進

いっぽぜんしん いちほぜんしん

(a) step forward

一歩手前

いっぽてまえ

just this side of, one step short of, on the brink

一歩譲る

いっぽゆずる

to be slightly inferior; to be a degree worse

一人歩き

ひとりあるき

taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.)

一歩ずつ

いっぽずつ

stepwise, one step at a time

あと一歩

あといっぽ

one more, another, the other