飛とび

noun

flying; leaping; flight; leap

General noun for the act of flying or leaping. Often used in compounds like 飛び上がる or 飛び込む.

• 鳥とりの飛とびを観かん察さつする。

  Observe the flight of birds.

• 彼かれの跳とびは力ちから強づよい。

  His leap is powerful.

noun

zero; naught; oh

Used when reading a number aloud to represent a zero digit, e.g., 20036 read as 二万とびとび三十六. Rare standalone use.

• 電でん話わ番ばん号ごうの「０」を「とび」と読よむことがある。

  The '0' in a phone number is sometimes read as 'tobi'.

noun

flying fish

Abbreviation of 飛魚 (とびうお). Refers to the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo.

See also: 飛魚

• とびは海かい面めんを滑かっ空くうする。

  Flying fish glide over the sea surface.

noun

running out of points; game ending due to zero points

Only when written 飛び

Mahjong term: when a player's points reach zero or below, ending the game. Restricted to kanji 飛び.

• 飛とびになると、その局きょくでゲームが終しゅう了りょうする。

  When a player runs out of points, the game ends at that hand.

noun

jump

Go (囲碁) term for a jump move. Usually written in katakana as トビ.

See also: 一間トビ

• 一いっ間けんトビは基き本ほん的てきな布ふ石せきの一ひとつだ。

  The one-space jump is one of the basic opening moves.