How to say "rebound" in Japanese

• リバウンドCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe loanword, used as a noun for a rebound in sports such as basketball, and for putting weight back on after a diet. It treats the rebound as a named phenomenon rather than a physical motion.
• 跳ね返るはねかえるCommon
  godan verb, intransitive verbThe verb for something physically bouncing back or recoiling after striking a surface — a ball off a wall — and, figuratively, for a reaction or criticism recoiling on its source.
• はずみCommon
  nounA noun for the bounce or spring of a movement — the bounce of a ball, the spring of a jump — naming the impetus rather than the act of rebounding off something.

Use 「リバウンド」 for the loanword noun in sports, dieting, or market contexts, 「跳ね返る」 for the verb when something physically bounces or recoils back, and 「はずみ」 for the bounce or spring itself as a noun.

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• リバウンドrebound
• 跳ね返るはねかえるto rebound
• はずみbounce
• 株価の反発かぶかのはんぱつrebound (of stock prices)
• こぼれ球こぼれだまloose ball
• 値を戻すねをもどすto recover its value
• 戻るもどるto rebound