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蹴飛ばす · godan verb (-su)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	蹴け飛とばす	蹴け飛とばさない
Polite	蹴け飛とばします	蹴け飛とばしません
Past polite	蹴け飛とばしました	蹴け飛とばしませんでした
Past	蹴け飛とばした	蹴け飛とばさなかった
Te-form	蹴け飛とばして	蹴け飛とばさないで
Desire	蹴け飛とばしたい	蹴け飛とばしたくない
Potential	蹴け飛とばせる	蹴け飛とばせない
Passive	蹴け飛とばされる	蹴け飛とばされない
Causative	蹴け飛とばさせる	蹴け飛とばさせない
Causative passive	蹴け飛とばさせられる	蹴け飛とばさせられない
Volitional	蹴け飛とばそう
Polite volitional	蹴け飛とばしましょう
Imperative	蹴け飛とばせ	蹴け飛とばすな
Conditional	蹴け飛とばせば	蹴け飛とばさなければ
Tara conditional	蹴け飛とばしたら	蹴け飛とばさなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

kick hard; send flying with a kick; kick away

Emphasizes a forceful kick that sends the target flying or away.

彼かれは怒おこって空あき缶かんを蹴け飛とばした。
He angrily kicked the empty can away.
ボールを思おもい切きり蹴け飛とばす。
I kick the ball with all my might.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

reject flatly; refuse outright; turn down

Figurative use: to forcefully reject a proposal, request, or idea, as if kicking it away.

彼かれの提てい案あんは会かい議ぎで蹴け飛とばされた。
His proposal was flatly rejected at the meeting.
賃ちん上あげ要よう求きゅうを会かい社しゃに蹴け飛とばされた。
The demand for a pay raise was turned down outright by the company.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を蹴け飛とばすto kick something hard, sending it flying
彼かれは道みち端ばたの石いしを蹴け飛とばした。
He kicked a stone on the roadside, sending it flying.
〈人ひと〉の申もうし出でを蹴け飛とばすto flatly turn down someone's offer
彼かの女じょはその申もうし出でを蹴け飛とばした。
She flatly rejected the offer.
ドアを蹴け飛とばすto kick a door hard
怒おこった客きゃくがドアを蹴け飛とばして出でて行いった。
The angry customer kicked the door open and stormed out.
提てい案あんを蹴け飛とばすto reject a proposal outright
上じょう司しは新あたらしい提てい案あんを蹴け飛とばした。
The boss flatly rejected the new proposal.

Kanji

蹴kick
飛fly, skip (pages), scatter

Related words

蹴けるN3sense 1
蹴る is the neutral, general verb for 'to kick', while 蹴飛ばす adds emphasis on a hard kick that sends the target flying.
断ことわるN3sense 2
断る is the plain, neutral verb for refusing a request, while 蹴飛ばす figuratively conveys a blunt, forceful rejection.
拒きょ絶ぜつN1sense 2
拒絶する is a formal, written-register word for outright refusal, while 蹴飛ばす is colloquial and vivid, likening the refusal to a kick.
はねつける sense 2
はねつける also means to flatly reject a proposal, but 蹴飛ばす carries a stronger, more contemptuous nuance.

Opposites

受うけ入いれるN2sense 2
受け入れる means to accept, the opposite of 蹴飛ばす's figurative sense of flatly rejecting something.

Don't confuse with

突つき飛とばす sense 1
突き飛ばす means to shove someone away forcefully, whereas 蹴飛ばす specifically involves kicking; the two are often confused due to their similar '～飛ばす' structure.

Written forms

蹴け飛とばすUsage60%
Standard kanji spelling.
蹴けとばすUsage21%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant; not a standard spelling.
けとばすUsage17%
け飛とばすUsage2%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant; not a standard spelling.

Etymology

Compound of 蹴る (keru, 'to kick') and 飛ばす (tobasu, 'to let fly'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally yields the meaning 'to kick and send flying'.