跳ね返る|はねかえるhanekaeru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto rebound; to recoil; to spring back up; to bounce back
  2. godan verb, intransitive verbto splash
  3. godan verb, intransitive verbto have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
    彼女かのじょの意地悪いじわるな言葉ことばは結局けっきょく自分じぶんの身みに跳ね返はねかえってきた。↗
    Her unkind words boomeranged.
Conjugation
Dictionary form跳ね返る(はねかえる)
Polite (masu)跳ね返ります(はねかえります)
Negative (nai)跳ね返らない(はねかえらない)
polite (masen)跳ね返りません(はねかえりません)
classical zu / nu跳ね返らず・跳ね返らぬ(はねかえらず・はねかえらぬ)
Past (ta)跳ね返った(はねかえった)
polite (mashita)跳ね返りました(はねかえりました)
Past negative (nakatta)跳ね返らなかった(はねかえらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)跳ね返りませんでした(はねかえりませんでした)
Te form跳ね返って(はねかえって)
Potential跳ね返れる(はねかえれる)
Passive跳ね返られる(はねかえられる)
Causative跳ね返らせる(はねかえらせる)
Causative passive跳ね返らせられる・跳ね返らされる(はねかえらせられる・はねかえらされる)
Conditional (ba)跳ね返れば(はねかえれば)
tara跳ね返ったら(はねかえったら)
Volitional跳ね返ろう(はねかえろう)
polite (mashou)跳ね返りましょう(はねかえりましょう)
Imperative跳ね返れ(はねかえれ)

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

Transitive / intransitive pair
intransitive跳ね返るはねかえる⇄transitive跳ね返すはねかえす
ボールが跳ね返はねかえる
跳ね返る describes something bouncing back on its own (e.g., ボールが跳ね返る), while 跳ね返す describes an agent actively bouncing something back (e.g., ボールを跳ね返す).

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Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymバウンドNeutralLoanword for a ball bouncing; used mostly in ball sports and close in meaning to 「跳ね返る」.
  • SynonymリバウンドNeutralLoanword for rebounding; also used for regaining weight after a diet and for a rebound in basketball.
  • Synonym弾むはずむNeutralBounce or spring; also used when emotions or conversation turn lively, as in 「話が弾む」.
  • Antonym吸収きゅうしゅうNeutralAbsorption; the opposite of 「跳ね返る」, which bounces things back, as in absorbing an impact.

Use 「跳ね返る」 for objects bouncing back or effects rebounding on their source. 「バウンド」 is the loanword for a ball bouncing, mainly in ball sports; 「リバウンド」 also means regaining weight after a diet; 「弾む」 covers lively conversation, as in 「話が弾む」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 跳はねるように元もとに戻もどる。
  2. 勢いきおいよく飛び跳とびはねる。
  3. 他ほかに与あたえた影響えいきょうがまた元もとに戻もどる。
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