突つっぱねる

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突っぱねる · ichidan verb

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

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

reject flatly; spurn; turn down firmly

Emphatic rejection; implies a blunt, forceful refusal, often with a sense of pushing away. Stronger than 断る.

彼かれは私わたしの申もうし出でを突つっぱねた。
He flatly rejected my offer.
会かい社しゃは組くみ合あいの要よう求きゅうを突つっぱねた。
The company firmly turned down the union's demands.

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Kanji

突stab, protruding, thrust
撥brush up, reject, exclude

Related words

断ことわる
断る is a general word for refusing or declining, while 突っぱねる implies a more forceful, blunt rejection.
拒きょ否ひする
拒否する is a formal term for refusal, often used in official contexts; 突っぱねる is more colloquial and emphatic.

Written forms

突つっぱねるUsage71%
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
つっぱねるUsage24%
Kana spelling, common in informal writing.
突つっ撥ぱねるUsage5%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; the second character is non-jōyō.

Etymology

Compound of 突っ (tsu', intensifying prefix from 突く) + 撥ねる (haneru, 'to reject, brush aside'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word conveys a strong sense of pushing away.