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    3. 飛ぶ

    飛ぶ

    飛とぶ​

    to fly

    N5KMT8News #21+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveTravel & TransportationAnimalsKanji Vocab15 strokes

    跳ぶ翔ぶ

    とぶ

    Verb, Intransitive

    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
    6.
    to disappear, to vanish, to fade, to thin out
    7.
    to break off, to come off, to fall off, to blow (of a fuse)
    8.
    to be sent out (of an order), to fly (of false rumours, catcalls, etc.)
    9.
    to come flying (of a punch, kick, etc.)
    10.
    to be missing (of a page, stitch, etc.), to skip, to jump (e.g. of a conversation)

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    鳥とりが空そらを飛とんでいます。

    A bird is flying in the sky.

    KMT2AnimalsNature & Environment
    飛ひ行こう機きで海かい外がいへ飛とぶ予よ定ていです。

    I plan to fly overseas by plane.

    KMT8Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    蝶ちょうが花はなから花はなへと軽かるやかに飛とぶ。

    Butterflies lightly fly from flower to flower.

    KMT8AnimalsNature & Environment
    彼かれの話はなしはあちこちに飛とんで、なかなか本ほん題だいに入はいらなかった。

    His story jumped around and he didn't get to the main point.

    KMT9Daily LifeCore Concepts
    宇う宙ちゅう飛ひ行こう士しは、地ち球きゅうを離はなれて宇う宙ちゅう空くう間かんを飛とぶ。

    Astronauts leave Earth and fly through space.

    KMT9Travel & TransportationScience & Math

    Characters that make up this word

    飛
    と.ぶ・と.ばす・-と.ばす…(3)
    fly・skip (pages)・scatter
    Kanji
    ぶ
    bu
    Kana
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