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はねる · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	はねる	はねない
Polite	はねます	はねません
Past polite	はねました	はねませんでした
Past	はねた	はねなかった
Te-form	はねて	はねないで
Desire	はねたい	はねたくない
Potential	はねられるalso はねれる	はねられないalso はねれない
Passive	はねられる	はねられない
Causative	はねさせる	はねさせない
Causative passive	はねさせられる	はねさせられない
Volitional	はねよう
Polite volitional	はねましょう
Imperative	はねろ	はねるな
Conditional	はねれば	はねなければ
Tara conditional	はねたら	はねなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

hit; knock down

usually written using kana alone

Used when a vehicle or moving object strikes a person or thing, often with serious consequences.

Kanji

撥brush up, reject, exclude

Transitive / intransitive

撥ねる is used both transitively (車が人を撥ねた, 'the car hit the person') and intransitively (髪の毛先が撥ねる, 'the ends of the hair stick up').

Related words

ひくN3sense 1
轢く means to run over and crush someone under a vehicle's wheels, while 撥ねる (はねる) means to strike and knock someone down without necessarily running over them.
拒きょ否ひN2sense 2
拒否する is a formal, general word for refusing or rejecting anything, while 撥ねる (はねる) specifically suggests bluntly rejecting an application, candidate, or proposal.
搾さく取しゅN1sense 3
搾取する means to exploit or extract profit unfairly in a broad economic sense, while 撥ねる (はねる) refers narrowly to skimming a cut or commission off a specific sum of money.
はじくN1
はじく describes a quick, elastic flicking motion, such as a bead flicking off a surface, while 撥ねる (はねる) covers a broader sense of flipping or splattering, as with mud or paint.

Don't confuse with

跳はねるN2
跳ねる (はねる) is an intransitive homophone meaning to jump or leap, while 撥ねる (はねる) is the transitive verb covering hitting, rejecting, splashing, and skimming.
跳はね
撥ねる is the verb meaning 'to flick' or 'to reject', while 跳ね (often written 撥ね) is the noun for the upward flick seen in calligraphy or hair styling.

Word family· 7

撥はね箸ばし
pushing away unwanted food with chopsticks
撥はね荷に
rejected goods; sorted-out items · jettisoned cargo
ピンはね
skimming off the top; taking a cut; pocketing a kickback
はねかす

Written forms

はねるUsage92%
Standard kana spelling; usually written in kana.
撥はねるUsage8%
Kanji form is rare; the word is usually written in kana. The kanji 撥 is not a Jōyō kanji.

Etymology

The verb はねる is of native Japanese origin. The kanji 撥 is used for its meaning of 'brush away' or 'reject', but the word is now predominantly written in kana. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.

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