飛とんで

expression

zero; oh; skip

Used when reading a number aloud to skip over zero digits, similar to saying 'oh' or 'skip' in English. Typically repeated for each zero, e.g. 20036 = 二万飛んで飛んで三十六.

• 電でん話わ番ばん号ごうは090-1234-5678です。ゼロを飛とんでと読よむこともあります。

  The phone number is 090-1234-5678. The zeros can be read as 'tonde'.

• 20036は「二に万まん飛とんで飛とんで三さん十じゅう六ろく」と読よむ。

  20036 is read as 'niman tonde tonde sanjuuroku'.

expression

flying; leaping

The te-form of 飛ぶ (to fly, to leap). Used in compound verbs, sequential actions, or as a continuative form.

See also: 飛ぶ

• 鳥とりが空そらを飛とんでいる。

  A bird is flying in the sky.

• 彼かれは飛とんで帰かえってきた。

  He came flying back.