Meanings
Verb (5-dan, ぶ, intransitive)
1. to fly; to soar
esp. 飛ぶ
2. to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop
esp. 跳ぶ
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)
Kanji used
fly
Pitch accent
Top 700
Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
to fly in the air
to fly in the sky
to fly (with great force); to blast (e.g. into the sky); to lack common sense; to be extremely surprised (by)
to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over
to be sacked; to be dismissed
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
(for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track
to forget everything; to lose one's memory (e.g. of a period); to black out
to fly wildly about
to sell like hot cakes; to fly off the shelves
flying bird; soaring bird
to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over
to fly (with great force); to blast (e.g. into the sky); to lack common sense; to be extremely surprised (by)
to be fired; to be decapitated
(for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track
Examples (64 in total)
I can fly.
I'll be flying to Germany.
Look before you leap.