跳ね返す・はね返す・撥ね返す|はねかえすhanekaesu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Which spelling to use
跳ね返す跳ね返す(はねかえす) is the most common written form, using kanji and kana; it is the best choice for beginners in ordinary writing.
はね返すはね返す(はねかえす) is a less common kanji-and-kana variant. You may encounter it, but beginners should generally choose 跳ね返す(はねかえす).
撥ね返す撥ね返す(はねかえす) is less common than the other two kanji-and-kana forms. You may encounter it, but beginners should choose 跳ね返す(はねかえす).
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto reject; to repulse; to repel
  2. godan verb, transitive verbto bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
Conjugation
Dictionary form跳ね返す(はねかえす)
Polite (masu)跳ね返します(はねかえします)
Negative (nai)跳ね返さない(はねかえさない)
polite (masen)跳ね返しません(はねかえしません)
classical zu / nu跳ね返さず・跳ね返さぬ(はねかえさず・はねかえさぬ)
Past (ta)跳ね返した(はねかえした)
polite (mashita)跳ね返しました(はねかえしました)
Past negative (nakatta)跳ね返さなかった(はねかえさなかった)
polite (masen deshita)跳ね返しませんでした(はねかえしませんでした)
Te form跳ね返して(はねかえして)
Potential跳ね返せる(はねかえせる)
Passive跳ね返される(はねかえされる)
Causative跳ね返させる(はねかえさせる)
Causative passive跳ね返させられる(はねかえさせられる)
Conditional (ba)跳ね返せば(はねかえせば)
tara跳ね返したら(はねかえしたら)
Volitional跳ね返そう(はねかえそう)
polite (mashou)跳ね返しましょう(はねかえしましょう)
Imperative跳ね返せ(はねかえせ)

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

Transitive / intransitive pair
transitive跳ね返すはねかえす⇄intransitive跳ね返るはねかえる
ボールを跳ね返はねかえす
跳ね返る describes the ball rebounding on its own (が marks the subject), while 跳ね返す focuses on an agent actively bouncing the ball back (を marks the object).

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 跳はねるように裏返うらがえしにする。
  2. 来きたものを勢いきおいよく返かえす。
  3. (要求ようきゅうなどを)突つっぱねる。
Kanji in this word
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