飛ぶ

とぶ

Also written 跳ぶ, 翔ぶ

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Intransitive to fly; to soar (esp. 飛ぶ)
2. to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop (esp. 跳ぶ)
3. to spatter; to scatter; to splash; to fly (e.g. of sparks)
4. to hurry; to rush
5. to flee; to run off; to escape
6. to disappear; to vanish; to fade; to thin out
7. to break off; to come off; to fall off; to blow (of a fuse)
8. to be sent out (of an order); to fly (of false rumours, catcalls, etc.)
9. to come flying (of a punch, kick, etc.)
10. to be missing (of a page, stitch, etc.); to skip; to jump (e.g. of a conversation)

Kanji

• 飛 fly. Read as とぶ.

Example sentences

• 君は空を飛ぶ夢を見る事がありますか。
  Do you ever dream about flying through the sky?
• 君はどのくらい高く跳べますか。
  How high can you jump?
• 空高く一群の鳥が飛んでいるのを見た。
  I saw a flock of birds flying aloft.
• 私は空高く飛んでいる鳥の群れを見ました。
  I saw a flock of birds flying aloft.
• 鳥の群れが空高く飛んでいるのを見ました。
  I saw a flock of birds flying aloft.

Common phrases

• 空を飛ぶ (そらをとぶ) to fly in the air
• 空飛ぶ (そらとぶ) to fly in the sky
• ジャンプを跳ぶ
• 上空を飛ぶ
• 打球が飛ぶ
• ボールが飛ぶ
• 水分が飛ぶ
• 飛行機が飛ぶ
• 花粉が飛ぶ
• 質問が飛ぶ
• ミサイルが飛ぶ
• 野次が飛ぶ
• 飛ぶ鳥 (とぶとり) flying bird
• 空中を飛ぶ
• 首が飛ぶ (くびがとぶ) to be sacked

Related forms

• 飛ばす (とばす) to let fly (transitive partner)

Words containing 飛ぶ

• 飛び込む (とびこむ) to jump in
• 飛び出す (とびだす) to jump out
• 飛び込み (とびこみ) jump

And 65 more.

Word lists

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