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はねる

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word はねる

はねる
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

Kanji in this Word

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
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