飛ばします（とばします、tobashimasu）
- to skip

The Japanese verb 飛ばします (to-ba-shi-masu) means "to fly," "to skip," "to omit," "to blow away," or "to launch," depending on the context. The specific meaning is determined by the surrounding words and the situation. It describes the act of causing something to move through the air or to be removed from a sequence. It often implies a sense of action and sometimes can suggest moving past something without stopping or acknowledging it.

⚫︎ 飛行機は空を飛びます。 Translation: The airplane flies in the sky. ⚫︎ 宿題を飛ばして、ゲームをしました。 Translation: I skipped my homework and played games. ⚫︎ 風が帽子を飛ばした。 Translation: The wind blew away the hat.

⚫︎ Use 飛ばします when you want to describe something moving through the air, like a bird or a ball. ⚫︎ It's appropriate when discussing skipping a step or a task. ⚫︎ Use it to describe the action of wind moving or blowing something away. ⚫︎ Be mindful of the context to choose the appropriate English translation. The meaning shifts depending on the situation.

⚫︎ Typically written in hiragana as とばします. ⚫︎ The kanji form is 飛ばします. The kanji 飛means "to fly," and ばします is the verb conjugation suffix. ⚫︎ The okurigana (送りがな - the hiragana after the kanji) is ばします.

⚫︎ 飛びます (tobimasu) - to fly (general) ⚫︎ 省略します (shouryaku shimasu) - to omit, to skip ⚫︎ 放ちます (hanachimasu) - to release, to launch

⚫︎ 受け止めます (uketomemasu) - to catch, to receive ⚫︎ 加えます (kuaemasu) - to add

風船を空に飛ばしました。 ・Translation: I released the balloon into the sky. ・Explanation: This sentence uses 飛ばしました to describe the action of launching a balloon into the air.

次のページを飛ばして読みましょう。 ・Translation: Let's skip the next page and read on. ・Explanation: Here, 飛ばして means "to skip" or to omit a part of reading.

The verb 飛ばします is composed of the kanji 飛 (to fly) and the verb-conjugation suffix. The kanji 飛 combines with the verb conjugation to create the meaning of "to fly", "to skip", "to omit", etc.