跳ね返す

はねかえす

Also written はね返す, 撥ね返す

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive to reject; to repulse; to repel
2. to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back

Kanji

• 跳 leap. Read as はねる.
• 返 give back. Read as かえす.

Common phrases

• 攻撃を跳ね返す
• 逆境を跳ね返す
• 劣勢を跳ね返す

Related forms

• 跳ね返る (はねかえる) to rebound (intransitive partner)

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