Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 跳ねる(はねる) in Japanese

跳ねる
JLPT 2
Kana Reading
はねる
Romaji
haneru
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
    Meaning
    to jump; to leap; to prance; to spring up; to bound; to hop
    Example sentence
    田中さんの特徴的な癖毛が耳の裏で跳ねている。 Mrs Tanaka's characteristic curly hair was sticking up behind her ear.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to break up; to close; to come to an end
    Example sentence
    池の魚がはねた。 The fish jumped up in the pond.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
    Example sentence
    狩りをする犬のように地面を跳ねて。 Spring over the ground like a hunting hound.

Examples of 跳ねる, はねる in a sentence

Verb Conjugations

Non-Past

Plain
跳ねる
Plain Polite
跳ねます
Negative
跳ねない
Negative Polite
跳ねません

Past

Plain
跳ねた
Plain Polite
跳ねました
Negative
跳ねなかった
Negative Polite
跳ねませんでした

Te

Plain
跳ねて
Plain Polite
跳ねまして
Negative
--
Negative Polite
--

Passive

Plain
跳ねられる
Plain Polite
跳ねられます
Negative
跳ねられない
Negative Polite
跳ねられません
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Kanji in this word

跳 JLPT 1

13 strokes

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

On'Yomi: チョウ

Kun'Yomi: は.ねる, と.ぶ, -と.び

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