To Fly
To Jump
intransitive verb, godan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means fly, and the verb vocab version is also to fly. In addition to flying, the verb also means to jump. Just think of jumping as being some sort of... smaller version of flying, and this'll make sense.
When you try to fly, the main thing holding you back is your toe (と). It's like forty pounds and holds you down.
公園につくと、たくさんのシャボン玉が空を飛んでいました。
When we arrived at a park, there were a lot of bubbles floating in the air.
ああ見えて、コウイチはすごく高く飛ぶことができるんだ。
Koichi may not look like he is able to do something like that, but he can actually jump very high.
トーフグの最新のEブックは、飛ぶように売れています。
Tofugu’s latest e-book is flying off the shelves.