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Japanese symbol for “dropkick”

Romaji: tobigeri
dropkick; flying kick

In Japanese, dropkick is , read (tobigeri).

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Meanings

  1. n dropkick; flying kick (MA)

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

fly, skip (pages), scatter
on: ヒ
kun: と.ぶ、と.ばす、-と.ばす
9 strokes · JLPT 2
kick
on: シュク、シュウ
kun: け.る
19 strokes

Other Japanese words for “dropkick”

WordReadingMeaning
ディー・ケー dii・keedropkick (rugby)
ドロップキック doroppukikkudrop kick; dropkick

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ひこう hikouflight; flying; aviation
ひこうき hikoukiairplane; aeroplane; plane
とぶ tobuto fly; to soar
ひやく hiyakuleap; jump
とばし tobashiselling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans
とばす tobasuto let fly; to make fly; to send flying
いっしゅう isshuuflatly rejecting; curtly refusing; brushing aside
ける keruto kick

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.