Meaning

Primary

Diving In

Alternative

Dropping By

Word Type

noun

Explanation

You’re doing a 飛ぶ and 込む at the same time, or you jump into, meaning you're diving in. Picture yourself standing somewhere up high, and then jumping to dive into a deep body of water.

Alternatively, this can also refer to doing something, or joining or going somewhere without an appointment, announcement, or prior registration, which is where the dropping by meaning comes in. For some use cases of this, check out our common word combinations and context sentences below!

Reading

とびこみ
  • Miyuki
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

As long as you remember that we're combining the kun'yomi readings of the verbs and then turning them into a noun, you should know how to read this.

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 飛び込み営業

    door-to-door sales

    飛び込み参加

    participation without prior registration

    飛び込み禁止

    diving prohibited

Context Sentences

このプールでは飛び込みは禁止されています。

Diving is prohibited in this pool.

これは飛び込み防止のためのフェンスです。

This is a fence to prevent people from jumping in.

新人は毎日、飛び込み営業をしなくてはなりません。

Newcomers must do door-to-door sales every day.

Kanji Composition