飛ひ行こう機き

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

noun

airplane; plane; aircraft

The ordinary word for an airplane or aeroplane. It usually refers to a fixed-wing powered aircraft; 航空機 is broader and more technical.

明日あしたの朝あさ、飛ひ行こう機きで大おお阪さか

へ

行い

き

ます

。

Tomorrow morning, I’m going to Osaka by plane.

空くう港こうで飛ひ行こう機きを待まっている。

I’m waiting for the plane at the airport.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉へ飛ひ行こう機きで行いくto go to 〈place〉 by plane
来らい月げつ、飛ひ行こう機きで大おお阪さかへ行いく予よ定ていです。
I'm planning to go to Osaka by plane next month.
飛ひ行こう機きに乗のるto board/get on a plane
初はじめて飛ひ行こう機きに乗のったとき、とても緊きん張ちょうした。
I was very nervous the first time I got on a plane.
飛ひ行こう機きを降おりるto get off a plane
飛ひ行こう機きを降おりてすぐに荷に物もつを受うけ取とった。
I picked up my luggage right after getting off the plane.
飛ひ行こう機きが着ちゃく陸りくするfor a plane to land
飛ひ行こう機きが無む事じに着ちゃく陸りくした。
The plane landed safely.
飛ひ行こう機きが離り陸りくするfor a plane to take off
悪あく天てん候こうのため飛ひ行こう機きが離り陸りくできなかった。
The plane couldn't take off due to bad weather.

Kanji

飛fly, skip (pages), scatter
行going, journey, carry out
機loom, mechanism, machine

Related words

航こう空くう機きN1
航空機 is the broad, technical term covering all aircraft, while 飛行機 is the everyday word for an ordinary fixed-wing plane.
旅りょ客かく機きN1
旅客機 specifically means a passenger airliner, whereas 飛行機 is the general word for any airplane.
機きN2
飛行機 is the everyday word for an airplane, while 機 is a compact element used in compounds and as the counter for aircraft.
ジェット機きN3
飛行機 is the general word for 'airplane' of any kind, while ジェット機 specifically means a jet-powered aircraft.

Don't confuse with

飛ひ行こう船せん
飛行船 shares the 飛行 kanji with 飛行機 but refers to an airship or dirigible, not a fixed-wing airplane.
飛ひ行こう場じょうN4
飛行場 is the place where aircraft take off and land, while 飛行機 is the aircraft itself, and learners sometimes mix up the two despite sharing the kanji 飛行.
グライダー
飛行機 is a powered airplane with an engine, while グライダー is an engineless aircraft that relies on air currents.

Counted with

機きN2
chance; opportunity; right moment · machine; device · aircraft; plane · counter for aircraft · counter for remaining lives

Word family· 13

飛ひ行こう機き雲ぐも
contrail; vapor trail
紙かみ飛ひ行こう機き
paper airplane; paper plane
軽けい飛ひ行こう機き
light aircraft
全ぜん翼

Built from

飛ひ行こう+機き

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound: 飛行 means “flight” or “flying,” and 機 means “machine,” so the written form is transparently associated with a flying machine.

よく

飛ひ

行こう

機き

flying wing

単たん葉よう飛ひ行こう機き

monoplane

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模も型けい飛ひ行こう機き
model airplane; model plane
水すい上じょう飛ひ行こう機き
seaplane; hydroplane
無む人じん飛ひ行こう機き
unmanned aircraft; drone
飛ひ行こう機き酔よい
airsickness
成せい層そう圏けん飛ひ行こう機き
stratoplane
無む尾び翼よく飛ひ行こう機き
tailless airplane

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