飛ぶ
とぶ
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap
JLPT N5 Common word
Meanings
Godan verb (-bu), Intransitive
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
All 10 meanings
- 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)
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 飛ぶとぶ | 飛びますとびます |
| Negative | 飛ばないとばない | 飛びませんとびません |
| Past | 飛んだとんだ | 飛びましたとびました |
| Past negative | 飛ばなかったとばなかった | 飛びませんでしたとびませんでした |
| Te-form | 飛んでとんで |
|---|---|
| Potential | 飛べるとべる |
| Passive | 飛ばれるとばれる |
| Causative | 飛ばせるとばせる |
| Volitional | 飛ぼうとぼう |
| Imperative | 飛べとべ |
| Conditional (ば) | 飛べばとべば |
| Conditional (たら) | 飛んだらとんだら |
Example sentences
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Look before you leap.
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Some fish fly.
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Birds fly with their wings.
鳥が飛んでる。
The bird is flying.
鳩は飛んでいった。
The pigeon has flown away.
More examples (10)
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Birds fly long distances.
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Birds fly in the sky.
ドイツに飛びます。
I'll be flying to Germany.
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Bees fly from flower to flower.
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Birds are flying in the air.
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The crow flew away.
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The bee flew to the flower.
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The birds flew to the south.
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The birds are flying high in the sky.
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A bird was flying high up in the sky.