飛ぶ – 26 Japanese Verbs for Flying and Jumping

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The Japanese word 飛ぶ(とぶ、)  means to fly or jump. You can take this word and combine it with other verbs to create a compound verb to express even more specific ideas.

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Compound verbs are just two verbs stuck together. If you translate these from Japanese to English there is not always an exact equivalent. However, the list I provided below gives a close translation or explanation of what the word means.

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Word List for 飛ぶ

飛び出す とびだす jump out (into the street, out of something etc.), be sticking out
飛び込む とびこむ jump into
飛び交う とびかう fly about (birds etc.)
飛び散る とびちる Scatter
飛び回る とびまわる Jump about, frolic (children etc.)
飛びつく とびつく jump onto someone or something
飛び立つ とびたつ take off (plane, bird etc.)
飛び降りる とびおりる jump off
飛び出る とびでる pop out
飛び越える とびこえる jump over or fly over
飛び乗る とびのる jump onto a vehicle, horse
飛び跳ねる とびはねる hop, jump up an down
飛び上がる とびあがる Jump up
飛び去る とびさる Fly Away
飛びかかる とびかかる jump onto or fly at
飛び移る とびうつる Jump from one thing to another
飛び抜ける とびぬける excel and surpass
飛び越す とびこす Leap over
飛び起きる とびおきる Jump up to one’s feet
飛び退く とびのく Jump back
飛び過ぎる とびすぎる fly past
飛び歩く とびあるく walk here and there
飛び渡る とびわたる fly across, jump across
飛び入る とびいる jump into
飛び離れる とびはなれる fly apart, to be far away from, to have a large difference between
飛び違う とびちがう fly around, two things to be completely different

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