飛ぶ（とぶ）
JLPT N5 · Godan verb (Group 1)
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: to fly
Conjugation
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| masu-form (polite) | 飛びます | とびます |
| te-form | 飛んで | とんで |
| ta-form (past) | 飛んだ | とんだ |
| nai-form (negative) | 飛ばない | とばない |
| potential form | 飛べる | とべる |
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Example sentences
- 鳥が青い空を飛んでいる。 — Birds are flying across the blue sky.
- 飛行機が空高く飛んでいく。 — The airplane flies high up into the sky.
Idioms & proverbs containing “飛ぶ”
- 飛ぶ鳥跡を濁さず (とぶとりあとをにごさず) — it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place, one should see that all is in good order
- 首が飛ぶ (くびがとぶ) — to be sacked; to be dismissed
- 飛ぶ鳥を落とす勢い (とぶとりをおとすいきおい) — great vigor; tremendous energy; forceful enough to knock down birds in flight
- 飛ぶ鳥も落とす勢い (とぶとりもおとすいきおい) — great vigor; tremendous energy; forceful enough to knock down birds in flight
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