I Love Kanji飛ぶ (tobu)
飛ぶ (とぶ, tobu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to fly; to soar”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- とぶ
- Romaji
- tobu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぶ
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to fly; to soar · godan verb, intransitive · esp. 飛ぶ
- to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop · godan verb, intransitive · esp. 跳ぶ
- to spatter; to scatter; to splash; to fly (e.g. of sparks) · godan verb, intransitive
- to hurry; to rush · godan verb, intransitive
- to flee; to run off; to escape · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
彼女は良い知らせを持って学校から家にとんで帰ったあの秋の日のことを考えた。彼女はリレーチームの選手に選ばれたのだった。
She thought of the fine autumn day when she had rushed home from school with the good news; she was chosen to be on the relay team.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 飛ぶ
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぶ. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 飛ぶ | とぶ tobu |
| Polite (~masu) | 飛びます | とびます tobimasu |
| Negative | 飛ばない | とばない tobanai |
| Polite negative | 飛びません | とびません tobimasen |
| Past | 飛んだ | とんだ tonda |
| Polite past | 飛びました | とびました tobimashita |
| Negative past | 飛ばなかった | とばなかった tobanakatta |
| Te-form | 飛んで | とんで tonde |
| Potential | 飛べる | とべる toberu |
| Passive | 飛ばれる | とばれる tobareru |
| Causative | 飛ばせる | とばせる tobaseru |
| Volitional | 飛ぼう | とぼう tobou |
| Imperative | 飛べ | とべ tobe |
| Conditional (~ba) | 飛べば | とべば tobeba |
Kanji in 飛ぶ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 飛ぶ.
飛行機ひこうきairplane飛行場ひこうじょうairfield飛行ひこうflight飛ばすとばすto let fly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 1429700 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.