Illustration: In a Japanese school playground, a child jumps over a low skipping rope turned by two classmates. Both shoes are clearly off the ground, knees tucked slightly upward, with the rope passing underneath them and a small shadow separated from their feet. Their face shows delighted concentration.

JLPT N5verbLevel estimated by Bebop

跳とぶ

tobu

to jump, to leap

Example sentences

君きみはどのくらい高たかく跳とべますか。
How high can you jump?
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彼女かのじょは高たかく跳とび上あがれます。
She can jump high.
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その犬いぬが跳とんだ。
That dog jumped.
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Kanji in 跳

跳hop; leap upOnチョウKunはねる・とぶ

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