飛び
Meanings
General noun for the act of flying or leaping. Often used in compounds like 飛び上がる or 飛び込む.
Observe the flight of birds.
His leap is powerful.
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.
The '0' in a phone number is sometimes read as 'tobi'.
Abbreviation of 飛魚 (とびうお). Refers to the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo.
See also: 飛魚
Flying fish glide over the sea surface.
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.
When a player runs out of points, the game ends at that hand.
Usage patterns
- 〈人〉が飛びになるfor someone to bust out (drop to zero or below in points) in mahjong
He busted out because his score fell below zero.
- 〈場所〉にトビを打つto play a jump move at a point on the Go board
I played a jump move away from my opponent's stones.
- 〈数〉をとびで読むto read a digit as 'zero' when reading a number aloud
I read the zero in the phone number as 'tobi'.