飛び立つ|とびたつtobitatsu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
    彼かれらの飛行機ひこうきはまもなく飛び立とびたつ。↗
    Their plane will soon take off.
Conjugation
Dictionary form飛び立つ(とびたつ)
Polite (masu)飛び立ちます(とびたちます)
Negative (nai)飛び立たない(とびたたない)
polite (masen)飛び立ちません(とびたちません)
classical zu / nu飛び立たず・飛び立たぬ(とびたたず・とびたたぬ)
Past (ta)飛び立った(とびたった)
polite (mashita)飛び立ちました(とびたちました)
Past negative (nakatta)飛び立たなかった(とびたたなかった)
polite (masen deshita)飛び立ちませんでした(とびたちませんでした)
Te form飛び立って(とびたって)
Potential飛び立てる(とびたてる)
Passive飛び立たれる(とびたたれる)
Causative飛び立たせる(とびたたせる)
Causative passive飛び立たせられる・飛び立たされる(とびたたせられる・とびたたされる)
Conditional (ba)飛び立てば(とびたてば)
tara飛び立ったら(とびたったら)
Volitional飛び立とう(とびたとう)
polite (mashou)飛び立ちましょう(とびたちましょう)
Imperative飛び立て(とびたて)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related離陸りりくNeutralSpecific to aircraft leaving the ground; 「飛び立つ」 also works for birds taking wing and for people setting off for a new world.
  • RelatedテイクオフNeutralLoanword for takeoff, also used of an economy taking off; it leans toward aviation and economic contexts.
  • Antonym着地するNeutralThe antonym: to land or touch down, the opposite of taking off.

Use 「飛び立つ」 for a bird or plane soaring up, and figuratively for heading off to a new world, as in 「鳥が飛び立つ」「世界へ飛び立つ」. For a plane taking off say 「離陸」 or the loanword 「テイクオフ」 (also for economic takeoff); the opposite is 「着地する」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 飛び上とびあがる。
  2. その場ばを飛とんで去さる。
  3. 嬉うれしさなどで胸むねが高鳴たかなる。
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