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撥
撥
15 strokes

Meanings

brush up
reject
exclude
eliminate
bone plectrum

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ハツ
バチ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
は.ねる
おさ.める

Common Words

ちょうはつ
挑撥
~する Verb
Noun
Transitive
Freq #4506
1

provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation

Examples
このような障害が完全に取り除かれるまで、極めてささいな、ちょう発でさえ争いが起こる可能性がいつもある。
Until such difficulties are ironed out completely, there is always a chance of fighting breaking out at the slightest provocation.
はんぱつ
反撥
~する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Freq #5838
1

opposition; rebellion; revolt; resistance; backlash; refusal

Examples
若者達は本来、親の考えに対して反発するものだ。
It is quite natural for young people to rebel against their parents.
2

rebounding; recoiling; repulsion

3

rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery

撥ねる
Usually kana
Ichidan verb
Freq #7995
1

Transitive verb

to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down

Examples
すんでのところで車にはねられるところだった。
I was nearly hit by a car.
2

Transitive verb

to reject; to eliminate; to exclude; to get rid of

3

Transitive verb

to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to turn down

4

Transitive verb

to flip; to splash; to splatter

Examples
通りがかりの車が私たちに水をはねた。
A passing car splashed water on us.
5

Transitive verb

to take (a percentage)

6

Transitive verb; Intransitive verb

to stick up (e.g. of hair); to curl up (e.g. of a moustache); to sweep up (the end of a brush stroke)

Examples
今朝は髪の毛が撥ねてるんだ。せめて手鏡を貸してくれ、そこの引き出しにしまってあるだろ。
My hair's messed up this morning. At least lend me a hand mirror - it should be shut in the drawer there.
7

Intransitive verb

to pronounce as a syllabic nasal

はね返す
撥ね返す
はねかえす
Godan verb
Transitive
Freq #14206
1

to reject; to repulse; to repel

2

to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back

はね上げる
撥ね上げる
はねあげる
Transitive
Ichidan verb
Freq #14871
1

to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to spatter

2

to flip up; to tip up

3

to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike

つっぱねる
突っ撥ねる
Transitive
Ichidan verb
Freq #18806
1

to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse

Examples
トムはメアリーを口説きおとすことができなかった。メアリーはトムのデートの要求を突っぱねたから。
Tom couldn't make the grade with Mary; she refused him when he asked her for a date.
跳ね飛ばす
はね飛ばす
はねとばす
Godan verb
Transitive
Freq #22746
1

to send (something) flying; to splatter

Examples
彼はトラックに跳ね飛ばされた。
He was knocked down by a truck.
2

to drive (something) off

跳ね除ける
撥ね退ける
撥ね除ける
Transitive
Usually kana
Ichidan verb
Freq #22783
1

to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to throw off; to shrug off (e.g. pressure)

Examples
彼はあらゆる反対をはねのけた。
He rejected all the objections.
2

to reject; to remove; to take out

撥ね
はね
ハネ
Noun
Freq #30813
1

(a) jump

2

splashes (usu. of mud)

3

Often 撥ね

upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo)

4

close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup

5

Word usually written using kana alone; Go (game); Usu. ハネ

hane (move)

《 ぜんまい 》
バネ
発条
弾機
撥条
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #36400
1

spring (device)

Examples
そのばね1個で車の全重量を支えている。
That one spring carries the whole weight of the car.
2

ばね/バネ only

spring (in one's legs); bounce

3

ばね/バネ only

springboard; impetus

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