I Love Kanji飛ばす (tobasu)
飛ばす (とばす, tobasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to let fly; to make fly”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- とばす
- Romaji
- tobasu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to let fly; to make fly; to send flying; to blow off (e.g. in the wind); to launch · godan verb, transitive
- to skip over; to leave out; to omit; to drop (e.g. a stitch); to fast-forward · godan verb, transitive
- to run fast; to drive fast; to gallop · godan verb, transitive
- to spray; to splash; to spatter · godan verb, transitive
- to say without reservation; to call out (e.g. a jeer); to rattle off (e.g. a joke) · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 飛ばす
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 飛ばす | とばす tobasu |
| Polite (~masu) | 飛ばします | とばします tobashimasu |
| Negative | 飛ばさない | とばさない tobasanai |
| Polite negative | 飛ばしません | とばしません tobashimasen |
| Past | 飛ばした | とばした tobashita |
| Polite past | 飛ばしました | とばしました tobashimashita |
| Negative past | 飛ばさなかった | とばさなかった tobasanakatta |
| Te-form | 飛ばして | とばして tobashite |
| Potential | 飛ばせる | とばせる tobaseru |
| Passive | 飛ばされる | とばされる tobasareru |
| Causative | 飛ばさせる | とばさせる tobasaseru |
| Volitional | 飛ばそう | とばそう tobasou |
| Imperative | 飛ばせ | とばせ tobase |
| Conditional (~ba) | 飛ばせば | とばせば tobaseba |
Kanji in 飛ばす
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 飛ばす.
飛ぶとぶto fly飛行機ひこうきairplane飛行場ひこうじょうairfield飛行ひこうflight飛び出すとびだすto jump out飛び込むとびこむto jump in蹴飛ばすけとばすto kick (hard)
Source: JMdict entry 1485230 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.