とび

See also: とひ, どひ, and どび

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of とび – see the following entries.

【鳶】J [noun] black kite, Milvus migrans [noun] Short for 鳶口 (tobi-guchi, “a fire hook”). [noun] Short for 鳶の者 (tobi no sha, “a construction worker, an Edo period fireman”). [noun] Short for 鳶色 (tobi iro, “kite-wing brown”). [noun] someone of no fixed employment, a playboy Alternative spellings 鴟, 鵄, トビ

【飛び】 [verb] stem or continuative form of 飛ぶ (tobu) [godan] Alternative spellings 跳び, 翔び

(This term, とび (tobi), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as とび, see Category:Japanese kanji read as とび.)

(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 酴釄, 跳び.)