飛ぶ

Meanings

1. to fly; to soar
2. to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop
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

Part of speech: godan verb (ぶ), intransitive

Kanji

• 飛

  Meanings

  fly, skip (pages), scatter

  On reading

  ヒ

  Kun reading

  と.ぶ、と.ばす、-と.ばす

  Strokes

  9

Example sentences

• 飛行機は山の上を飛んだ。

  The plane flew over the mountain.

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• 君はどのくらい高く跳べますか。

  How high can you jump?

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• 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.

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