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

Conjugation of "ふきとばす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ふきとばさ fukitobasa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ふきとばし fukitobashi
Shūshikei ("terminal") ふきとばす fukitobasu
Rentaikei ("attributive") ふきとばす fukitobasu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ふきとばせ fukitobase
Meireikei ("imperative") ふきとばせ fukitobase
Key constructions
Passive ふきとばされる fukitobasareru
Causative ふきとばさせる
ふきとばさす
fukitobasaseru
fukitobasasu
Potential ふきとばせる fukitobaseru
Volitional ふきとばそう fukitobasō
Negative ふきとばさない fukitobasanai
Negative continuative ふきとばさず fukitobasazu
Formal ふきとばします fukitobashimasu
Perfective ふきとばした fukitobashita
Conjunctive ふきとばして fukitobashite
Hypothetical conditional ふきとばせば fukitobaseba

References

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