Word details

跳ね返る

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 跳ね返る.

Dictionary

Entry

跳ね返るねかえるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #17465
1

to rebound; to recoil; to spring back up; to bounce back

2

to splash

3

to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect

Examples
彼女の意地悪な言葉は結局自分の身に跳ね返ってきた。
Her unkind words boomeranged.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

hop, leap up, spring, jerk, prance, buck, splash, sputter, snap

13 strokesFrequency 1,716JLPT N1Grade 8

On

チョウ

Kun

は.ねると.ぶ-と.び

return, answer, fade, repay

6 strokesFrequency 685JLPT N2Grade 3

On

ヘン

Kun

かえ.す-かえ.すかえ.る-かえ.る

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