Word details
はねる
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word はねる.
Dictionary
Entry
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
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
撥
brush up, reject, exclude, eliminate, bone plectrum
15 strokes
On
ハツバチ
Kun
は.ねるおさ.める
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