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How to say "Jump down" in Japanese

If you are wondering what's the Japanese word for "Jump down" you've come to the right place!

the Japanese word for "Jump down" is "Tobioriru", written in japanese as "飛び下りる".

Here's a more detailed explanation:

The Japanese verb '飛び下りる (とびおりる)' means 'to jump down'. It refers to the action of jumping or leaping from a higher location to a lower one. This verb can be used to describe someone jumping from a building, tree, or other elevated position. For example: I jumped down from the tree - (私は木から飛び下りた). The climber jumped down from the cliff - (登山者は崖から飛び下りた).

The Kanji are characters that represent meanings. As you can see, this word is made up of 2 Kanji:

The kanji "飛" means "Fly" and can be read as "Hi" and "To". And The kanji "下" means "Down" and can be read as "Ge", "Shita", "Kuda" and "Ka".

Now, let's make sure you understand this word the other way around too.

What does "Tobioriru" mean in japanese?

"Tobioriru" means "Jump down" .

To learn more about the kanji in this word, checkout this pages:

What is the Kanji for fly?What is the Kanji for down?

If you also want to learn how to write this word in Japanese, you can checkout this page:

How to write "Jump down" in Japanese

To make really sure you learn this word, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this word and of the characters that comprise it.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "び" is read as "bi". The hiragana "り" is read as "ri". The hiragana "る" is read as "ru". The hiragana "ひ" is read as "hi". The hiragana "と" is read as "to". The hiragana "げ" is read as "ge". The hiragana "し" is read as "shi". The hiragana "た" is read as "ta". The hiragana "く" is read as "ku". The hiragana "だ" is read as "da". The hiragana "か" is read as "ka". And The hiragana "お" is read as "o".

About kanji, you need to know that most Kanji have two types of readings: Kunyomi, based on native japanese pronunciation. And onyomi, based on chinese pronunciation.