飛ばす
とばす
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to let fly; to make fly; to send flying; to blow off (e.g. in the wind); to launch; to fire; to hurl; to shoot
- to skip over; to leave out; to omit; to drop (e.g. a stitch); to fast-forward
- to run fast; to drive fast; to gallop
- to spray; to splash; to spatter
- to say without reservation; to call out (e.g. a jeer); to rattle off (e.g. a joke)
- to spread (e.g. a rumour); to circulate; to send out (a message); to issue (e.g. an appeal)
- to transfer (to a less important post); to send away (e.g. to a provincial branch); to demote
- to dispatch quickly (e.g. a reporter)
- to get rid of; to burn off (alcohol)
- to attack (e.g. with a leg manoeuvre)
- Auxiliary verb, Godan verb to do vigorously; to do roughly; to do energetically
Kanji
- 飛 fly. Read as とばす.
Example sentences
- 国王はいつも自分を褒めるおべっか使いにうんざりしていたので彼らを遠くへ飛ばした。
The king was tired of his sycophants always praising him, so he sent them away. - 我々は馬を飛ばしてその丘を駆け抜けた。
We had a gallop over the hill. - ライト兄弟はエンジンで動く飛行機を飛ばすことに成功した。
The Wright brothers succeeded in flying an airplane driven by an engine. - ジェーンは答えられない質問を飛ばした。
Jane skipped the questions she couldn't answer. - 私たちはその鳥を飛ばした。
We let the bird fly.
Common phrases
- 水分を飛ばす
- ヒットを飛ばす
- 野次を飛ばす (やじをとばす) to heckle
- 檄を飛ばす (げきをとばす) to make an appeal (to the public)
- ドローンを飛ばす
- 遠くに飛ばす
- 飛行機を飛ばす
- 打球を飛ばす
- ジョークを飛ばす
- 大ヒットを飛ばす
- ハイペースで飛ばす
- 胞子を飛ばす
- 気球を飛ばす
- 風船を飛ばす
- 冗談を飛ばす (じょうだんをとばす) to crack a joke
Related forms
- 飛ぶ (とぶ) to fly (intransitive partner)
Words containing 飛ばす
- 消し飛ばす (けしとばす) to scatter away
- 叱り飛ばす (しかりとばす) to rebuke strongly
- 飛ばし屋 (とばしや) long hitter (golf, baseball, etc.)
And 3 more.