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ぶつける · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	ぶつける	ぶつけない
Polite	ぶつけます	ぶつけません
Past polite	ぶつけました	ぶつけませんでした
Past	ぶつけた	ぶつけなかった
Te-form	ぶつけて	ぶつけないで
Desire	ぶつけたい	ぶつけたくない
Potential	ぶつけられるalso ぶつけれる	ぶつけられないalso ぶつけれない
Passive	ぶつけられる	ぶつけられない
Causative	ぶつけさせる	ぶつけさせない
Causative passive	ぶつけさせられる	ぶつけさせられない
Volitional	ぶつけよう
Polite volitional	ぶつけましょう
Imperative	ぶつけろ	ぶつけるな
Conditional	ぶつければ	ぶつけなければ
Tara conditional	ぶつけたら	ぶつけなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

hit; strike; knock; crash into

usually written using kana alone

Physical impact: hitting a body part against something, or crashing one thing into another. Often used with ～に.

棚たなに頭あたまをぶつけてしまった。
I hit my head on the shelf.
車くるまを電でん柱ちゅうにぶつけてしまった。
I crashed the car into a utility pole.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

throw; fling; hurl

usually written using kana alone

Throwing an object at someone or something, often with force or in anger. Uses ～に.

彼かれは壁かべにボールをぶつけた。
He threw the ball against the wall.
怒おこって相あい手てに本ほんをぶつけた。
He got angry and flung a book at the other person.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

vent; express; direct (emotions, words)

usually written using kana alone

Figurative use: directing strong feelings, complaints, or questions at someone. Common with 怒り, 不満, 疑問, 言葉.

彼かれは上じょう司しに不ふ満まんをぶつけた。
He vented his dissatisfaction to his boss.
記き者しゃは首しゅ相しょうに鋭するどい質しつ問もんをぶつけた。
The reporter threw a sharp question at the prime minister.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

pit against; set against; match against

usually written using kana alone

Putting someone in a competitive or confrontational situation against another. Often used with ～に.

監かん督とくは新しん人じんを強きょう豪ごうにぶつけてみた。
The coach tried pitting the rookie against a strong opponent.
彼かれは弟おとうとを難むずかしい問もん題だいにぶつけた。
He set his younger brother against a difficult problem.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を〈物もの〉にぶつけるto throw/crash one thing into another
ボールを壁かべにぶつけた。
I threw the ball against the wall.
頭あたまを〈物もの〉にぶつけるto hit/bump one's head against something
低ひくい天てん井じょうに頭あたまをぶつけてしまった。
I accidentally bumped my head on the low ceiling.
〈人ひと〉に怒いかりをぶつけるto vent one's anger at someone
彼かれは部ぶ下かに怒いかりをぶつけた。
He vented his anger at his subordinate.
〈人ひと〉に不ふ満まんをぶつけるto voice one's complaints at someone
彼かの女じょは上じょう司しに不ふ満まんをぶつけた。
She voiced her complaints to her boss.
〈人ひと〉を〈相あい手て〉にぶつけるto pit someone against an opponent
監かん督とくは若わか手てをベテラン選せん手しゅにぶつけた。
The coach pitted the young player against the veteran.

Kanji

打strike, hit, knock
付adhere, attach, refer to

Related words· 8

当あてるN3sense 1
当てる means to make something touch or press against a surface, often gently or deliberately, while ぶつける implies a forceful collision or impact.
投なげるN4sense 2
投げる is the general verb for throwing, while ぶつける specifically emphasizes throwing something at a target so that it hits or crashes into it.
衝しょう突とつN2sense 1
衝突する is intransitive, describing two things colliding on their own, while ぶつける is transitive, meaning to deliberately crash one thing into another.
発はっ散さんN1sense 3
発散する means to release pent-up emotions in general, while ぶつける means to direct those emotions specifically at another person.

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対たい戦せん sense 4
対戦する means to compete against an opponent in a match, while ぶつける (in its fourth sense) means to pit two people against each other, often by a third party's decision.
突つっ掛かけるN1
ぶつける is the general verb for hitting or bumping one thing against another, while 突っかける is used specifically for accidentally striking a leg or foot against something.
打うち付つけるN1
ぶつける is a more colloquial word for bumping or throwing something against another thing, without the strong sense of force or fastening that 打ち付ける carries.
浴あびせるN1
ぶつける is a casual word for hurling something (a ball, one's anger) at someone, whereas 浴びせる suggests a sustained shower of many things at once.

Written forms

ぶつけるUsage100%
Usually written in kana; the kanji form 打付ける is rare.
打ぶ付つける
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form; learners should use the kana spelling.

Etymology

Derived from the verb 打つ (うつ, 'to hit') with the suffix ～ける, which adds a sense of forceful or violent action. The reading ぶつ is an emphatic or colloquial variant of うつ.