飛ぶ
とぶ
hepburn tobu
to fly, to jump
Part of speech · godan-verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 鳥が空を飛んでいます。A bird is flying in the sky.
- 高く飛んでください。Please jump high.
Collocations
空を飛ぶ (fly the sky)高く飛ぶ (jump high)飛行機 (hikouki, airplane — "flying machine")飛ぶ鳥 (flying bird)飛び込む (tobikomu, dive in)
Mnemonic
飛ぶ tobu — godan -bu. TWO meanings: ① fly (birds, planes) ② jump/leap. Combined under one verb. Onyomi ひ (hi): 飛行機 hikouki (airplane), 飛行 hikou (flight). te-form: 飛んで (godan -bu → -nde, same as 遊ぶ, 飲む, 死ぬ).
Quick check
"I go to Tokyo by plane" — natural Japanese?