飛ぶ【とぶ】
Frequency rank: 559.
- to fly; to soaresp. 飛ぶ
- to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hopesp. 跳ぶ
- to spatter; to scatter; to splash; to fly (e.g. of sparks)
- to hurry; to rush
- to flee; to run off; to escape
- to disappear; to vanish; to fade; to thin out
- to break off; to come off; to fall off; to blow (of a fuse)
- to be sent out (of an order); to fly (of false rumours, catcalls, etc.)
- to come flying (of a punch, kick, etc.)
- to be missing (of a page, stitch, etc.); to skip; to jump (e.g. of a conversation)
Godan verb with 'bu' ending; intransitive verb
Forms
- 飛ぶ【とぶ】Frequency rank: 559.
- 跳ぶ【とぶ】Frequency rank: 4,500. – 4,501.
- 翔ぶ【とぶ】
- とぶFrequency rank: 20,521. – 20,614.
Generated word frames (experimental)
[Animal] jumps over [Object]
The rabbit jumps over the stream
[Child] leaps over [Thing]
The child leaps over the vaulting horse
[News] spreads to [People]
[Person] rushes for [Emotion]
[Sparks] scatter in [Place]
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to fly; to soar
- to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop
- to spatter; to scatter; to splash; to fly (e.g. of sparks)
- to hurry; to rush
- to flee; to run off; to escape
- to disappear; to vanish; to fade; to thin out
- to break off; to come off; to fall off; to blow (of a fuse)
- to be sent out (of an order); to fly (of false rumours, catcalls, etc.)
- to come flying (of a punch, kick, etc.)
- to be missing (of a page, stitch, etc.); to skip; to jump (e.g. of a conversation)
Used to describe the action of flying or soaring through the air.
The bird is flying in the sky.
Used to describe the action of jumping, leaping, springing, bounding, or hopping.
The children are playing by hopping around.
Used to describe the action of spattering, scattering, splashing, or flying, like sparks.
Water splashes are flying.
Used to describe the action of hurrying or rushing.
Used to describe the action of fleeing, running off, or escaping.
The criminal fled from the scene.
Used to describe the action of disappearing, vanishing, fading, or thinning out.
Used to describe the actions of breaking off, coming off, falling off, or blowing, such as a fuse.
Used to describe the action of being sent out, or flying of false rumors, catcalls, etc.
Used to describe the action of a punch, kick, etc., coming flying towards someone.
Used to describe the action of being missing (like a page or a stitch), skipping, or jumping (e.g., in a conversation).
Generated collocations (experimental)
とぶとり飛ぶ鳥a flying birdとびはねる飛び跳ねるto jump; to bounceとびだす飛び出すto jump out; to leap outとぶ飛ぶようにto fly like; to soar likeとびこむ飛び込むto jump in; to dive inとびちる飛び散るto scatter; to spatterとび飛びいそぐ急ぐto hurry away; to rush offにげ逃げとぶ飛ぶto flee; to run awayむちゅう夢中でとぶ飛ぶto soar in a frenzy; to fly in a dazeうわさ噂がとぶ飛ぶrumors fly; rumors spread
Generated related terms (experimental)
じゃんぷジャンプ【じゃんぷ】
Refers specifically to a jump or leap, often in sports or physical activities.
ちる散る【ちる】
To scatter or disperse, often used for flowers or objects breaking apart.
To rush or charge forward, often with great speed and force.
きえる消える【きえる】
To disappear or vanish from sight; can refer to physical objects or light.
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
- くうちゅう空中をうごく動(うご)く..
- きごう(とぶ跳ぶきごう)じめん地面をあし足でけっ蹴(け)ってとぶ..
- こまかく細かくなっていきおい勢(いきお)いよくとぶ飛ぶ..いきおい勢いよくくうちゅう空中をつたわる伝わる..
- いそいで急いでかけつける駆けつける..
- とうぼう逃亡する..たかとび高飛びする..
- はなれた離れたところにふれんぞく不連続にいどう移動する..きゅうに急にいどう移動する..
- じゅんじょ順序がぬける抜(ぬ)ける..ふいに不意にそれる逸(そ)れる..
- きゅうに急にきれたり切れたりこわれたり壊れたりする..
- きゅうに急になくなる..
- きごう(きごう「とぶようなきごう/にきごう」きごう「とぶほどきごう(のきごう)きごう」などのかたち形できごう)うれゆき売れ行きがよいさまをあらわす表す..
Example sentences
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Normally you'd call 250 yards a great distance for an amateur.
Disk herniation is when cartilage, called 'intervertebral disk' and found between each vertebra, slips out.
All that time the things granddad had said, like the sound of flies flying round a melon, buzzed in my head.
Mrs. Bruce was the first female pilot to fly between England and Japan.
I've found a way of jumping so you can get 202m in the ski-jump!
The car dove into the field and, after bumping along for a time, came to a halt.
The first thing that came to my attention was the large sofa. It was covered in sober coloured leather, the seat and the back both looked wide and comfortable.
The UFO, with a zigzag movement you couldn't think of as being a plane, flew off into the mountains in the east.
The box was crushed during transport and the contents flew out.
13. たとえば例えばべるべっとベルベットもんきいモンキーは、わをえがいて輪を描いてとぶ飛ぶわしワシがいるとあるたねある種のよびかけ呼びかけをもちいる用いるようになる。わしワシはさるサルをほしょく捕食するのだ。
For example, vervet monkeys learn to use a certain call in the presence of circling eagles, who prey on the monkeys.
The storm prevented many planes from leaving the airport.
When Yoko and I heard the sirens stop nearby, we quickly decided to go check it out.
I will be flying over the Pacific about this time tomorrow.