跳ね返る|はねかえるhanekaeru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- godan verb, intransitive verbto rebound; to recoil; to spring back up; to bounce back
- godan verb, intransitive verbto splash
- godan verb, intransitive verbto have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
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.
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- 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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