飛とび翔かける

Meanings

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godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

fly; soar

Rare literary verb for flying or soaring through the air; modern Japanese normally uses 飛ぶ or 舞い上がる.

鳥とりが大おお空ぞらを飛とび翔かける姿すがたは美うつくしい。
The sight of a bird soaring through the vast sky is beautiful.

fly, skip (pages), scatter

翔soar, fly

Similar words

飛とぶ
Common everyday verb for flying; 飛び翔る is a rare literary variant with a more poetic or lofty nuance.
舞まい上あがる
Means to soar or rise up into the air, often used for birds, leaves, or spirits; more common than 飛び翔る.

Etymology

Compound of 飛び (continuative form of 飛ぶ, 'to fly') and 翔る (rare verb meaning 'to soar'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with flying high.