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飛ぶとぶ

flying (in the air)

Verbe · Group 1 verb

鳥とりは飛ぶとぶ。

The birds are flying.

Example: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Japanese: bunbuku · French : Archibald

Parts of speech

Group 1 verb (godan) · Intransitive

The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.

Verb group: Group 1 (godan)

Verb usage: intransit

English dictionary meanings

to fly
to soar
to jump
to leap
to spring
to bound
to hop
to spatter
to scatter
to splash
to fly (e.g. of sparks)
to hurry
to rush
to flee
to run off
to escape
to disappear
to vanish
to fade
to thin out
to break off
to come off
to fall off
to blow (of a fuse)
to be sent out (of an order)
to fly (of false rumours, catcalls, etc.)
to come flying (of a punch, kick, etc.)
to be missing (of a page, stitch, etc.)
to skip
to jump (e.g. of a conversation)

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