はねる・跳ねるhaneru[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N2approx.Common
ハネるhaneru
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto jump; to leap; to prance; to spring up; to bound; to hop
    犬いぬが跳はねるのをごらん。↗
    Look at the dog jump.
  2. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto break up; to close; to come to an end
  3. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)instead of 撥ねる
  4. ichidan verb, intransitive verb, goto play hane; to haneusu. ハネる
Conjugation
Dictionary formはねる
Polite (masu)はねます
Negative (nai)はねない
polite (masen)はねません
classical zu / nuはねず・はねぬ
Past (ta)はねた
polite (mashita)はねました
Past negative (nakatta)はねなかった
polite (masen deshita)はねませんでした
Te formはねて
Potentialはねられる
Passiveはねられる
Causativeはねさせる
Causative passiveはねさせられる
Conditional (ba)はねれば
taraはねたら
Volitionalはねよう
polite (mashou)はねましょう
Imperativeはねろ

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym跳ね上がるはねあがるNeutralSprings up with force, and also describes prices or markets shooting up; 「跳ねる」 centers on hopping about or splashing.
  • Synonym飛ぶとぶNeutralCovers both flying and jumping and is the most versatile of these words; 「跳ねる」 typically suggests springing up lively or splashing.
  • Synonym跳躍ちょうやくWrittenA noun for jumping or leaping, often in sports contexts and typical of written prose; 「跳ねる」 is the verb.
  • SynonymバウンドNeutralA loanword for a ball bouncing; 「跳ねる」 covers far more ground.
  • Synonym弾むはずむNeutralMeans springing or bouncing, and also spirits running high; 「跳ねる」 centers on jumping and splashing.
  • Synonym飛び上がるとびあがるNeutralMeans leaping up, as when startled, or soaring into the sky; 「跳ねる」 centers on hopping or splashing.
  • Synonym躍るおどるNeutralMeans throbbing or pounding, as of a racing heart; 「跳ねる」 focuses on the body jumping.
  • Synonym飛び跳ねるとびはねるNeutralMeans skipping or bouncing about, stressing repeated hops; 「跳ねる」 is broader.
  • Related飛躍ひやくNeutralRefers to dramatic progress or a great leap forward, mostly in abstract senses; 「跳ねる」 is for bodies or objects jumping up or splashing.
  • Related飛び出すとびだすNeutralMeans dashing or bursting out, or appearing suddenly; 「跳ねる」 focuses on jumping upward.
  • Related跳ね返るはねかえるNeutralMeans bouncing or rebounding back, and by extension effects rippling outward; 「跳ねる」 centers on jumping up.
  • RelatedリバウンドNeutralA loanword for a ball rebounding, also for weight regained after dieting or symptoms returning once medication stops — senses 「跳ねる」 lacks.

Default to 「跳ねる」 for hopping about, splashing (as in 「油が跳ねる」), or a show or party breaking up. Use 「飛ぶ」 for flying or leaping, 「飛び跳ねる」 for skipping about, 「弾む」 for springing or bouncing, and 「跳ね上がる」 for prices shooting up.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. (跳はねる)勢いきおいよく飛び上とびあがる。
  2. (撥はねる・跳はねる)液体えきたいなどがはじけて飛び散とびちる。
  3. (跳はねる)活気かっきがあり、動き回うごきまわる。
  4. (跳はねる)芝居しばいなどで、その日ひの興行こうぎょうが終おわる。
  5. (跳はねる)芝居しばいなどで、観客かんきゃくの入いりがよくなる。
  6. (跳はねる)(麻雀まーじゃんの俗語ぞくご)手てが跳とべ満(はねまん)まんになる。
  7. (撥はねる)物ものなどを弾き飛はじきとばす。乗り物のりものが人ひとなどに衝突しょうとつする。
  8. (撥はねる)基準きじゅんに満みたないものを除のぞく。
  9. (撥はねる)人ひとの取り分とりぶんの一部いちぶをかすめとる。
  10. (撥はねる)断ことわる。
  11. (撥はねる)物ものの端はしを勢いきおいよく上うえに向むける。
  12. (撥はねる)撥音はつおんで言ゆう。
English equivalents

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