跳ね返る

はねかえる

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Intransitive to rebound; to recoil; to spring back up; to bounce back
2. to splash
3. to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect

Kanji

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

Example sentences

• 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.

Common phrases

• ボールが跳ね返る

Related forms

• 跳ね返す (はねかえす) to reject (transitive partner)

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