ふきとばす

Japanese

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

Etymology

From 吹(ふ)き (fuki, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 吹(ふ)く (fuku).”) + 飛(と)ばす (tobasu).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふきとば​す [fùkítóbáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) ふきとばす [fùkítóbású] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝkʲito̞ba̠sɨᵝ]

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

   強(きょう)風(ふう)で吹(ふ)き飛(と)ばされた

   kyōfū de fukitobasareta

   blown away by fierce winds

2. (figuratively) to brush something away, to blow something away

   熱(あつ)々(あつ)の料(りょう)理(り)で冬(ふゆ)の寒(さむ)さを吹(ふ)き飛(と)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