ふきとばす

Japanese

Alternative spellings
吹き飛ばす
吹飛ばす (dated)

Etymology

From () (fuki, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (fuku).) + ()ばす (tobasu).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きとば [fùkítóbáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • (Tokyo) きとばす [fùkítóbású] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟kʲito̞ba̠sɨ]

Verb

ふきとばす • (fukitobasuふきとばす (fukitobasu)?godan (stem ふきとばし (fukitobashi), past ふきとばした (fukitobashita))

  1. to blow something away
    (きょう)(ふう)()()ばされた
    kyōfū de fukitobasareta
    blown away by fierce winds
  2. (figuratively) to brush something away, to blow something away
    (あつ)(あつ)(りょう)()(ふゆ)(さむ)さを()()ばそう
    Atsuatsu no ryōri de fuyu no samusa o fukitobasō!
    Drive away the winter cold with piping hot foods!

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN