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飛ぶ
飛ぶ
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 飛 |
|
と Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi |
Alternative forms
- 跳ぶ
- 翔ぶ
Verb
飛ぶ (godan conjugation, hiragana とぶ, romaji tobu)
Usage notes
This spelling of tobu usually denotes flying rather than jumping, as opposed to 跳ぶ which is reserved for the latter.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "飛ぶ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 飛ば | とば | toba |
| Continuative (連用形) | 飛び | とび | tobi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 飛ぶ | とぶ | tobu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 飛ぶ | とぶ | tobu |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 飛べ | とべ | tobe |
| Imperative (命令形) | 飛べ | とべ | tobe |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 飛ばれる | とばれる | tobareru |
| Causative | 飛ばせる 飛ばす |
とばせる とばす |
tobaseru tobasu |
| Potential | 飛べる | とべる | toberu |
| Volitional | 飛ぼう | とぼう | tobō |
| Negative | 飛ばない | とばない | tobanai |
| Negative continuative | 飛ばず | とばず | tobazu |
| Formal | 飛びます | とびます | tobimasu |
| Perfective | 飛んだ | とんだ | tonda |
| Conjunctive | 飛んで | とんで | tonde |
| Hypothetical conditional | 飛べば | とべば | tobeba |
Related terms
- 飛び移る (tobiutsuru)
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.