Word Meaning はね返す

はねかえす hanekaesu

はね返す is read as はねかえす (hanekaesu) and means to bounce back.

Meaning

English

to bounce back
to counterattack
to strike back
to reject
to repulse
to repel

Reading

Kana

はねかえす

Romaji

hanekaesu

Writing Variants

跳ね返す はねかえす ha ne kaesu
撥ね返す はねかえす ha ne kaesu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 123611 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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返す

かえす

to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back)

引き返す

ひきかえす

to turn back

折り返す

おりかえす

to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)

取り返す

とりかえす

to get back

言い返す

いいかえす

to say over

読み返す

よみかえす

to reread

見返す

みかえす

to look (stare) back at (someone)

送り返す

おくりかえす

to send back

切り返す

きりかえす

to perform a twisting backward knee trip

追い返す

おいかえす

to drive away

打ち返す

うちかえす

to return a blow repeat

思い返す

おもいかえす

to re-think