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かれ
いっぽいっぽ
一歩一歩
ほはば
歩幅
ものさし
はか
りながら
ある
いている

They are measuring each step one by one with a ruler as they walk.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
they (usually male); them
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4
noun
step by step; by degrees  (yojijukugo)
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0
noun
step; pace
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3 4
Most common form: 物指
noun
ruler; measure
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2
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate)
2. to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
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2
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to walk
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Kanji
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ホ   フ   ブ   ある    あゆ to walk   
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ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
フク   はば breadth, width; range; influence   
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キン   turban; cloth
フク    fill   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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デン   た rice field   
ソク   はか measure   
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ソク    rule   
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かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
トウ   かたな sword   
スイ   みず water   
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