はねる
Meanings
Ichidan verb
Transitive verb
1. to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down (Usually kana)
2. to reject; to eliminate; to exclude; to get rid of (Usually kana)
3. to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to turn down (Usually kana)
4. to flip; to splash; to splatter (Usually kana)
5. to take (a percentage) (Usually kana)
Ichidan verb
Transitive verb
Intransitive verb
6. to stick up (e.g. of hair); to curl up (e.g. of a moustache); to sweep up (the end of a brush stroke) (Usually kana)
Ichidan verb
Intransitive verb
7. to pronounce as a syllabic nasal (Usually kana)
Other spellings
撥ねる
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
はねる
Examples22
通りがかり
A passing car splashed water on us.
すんでのところで
I was nearly hit by a car.
今朝
My hair's messed up this morning. At least lend me a hand mirror - it should be shut in the drawer there.
私
I saw the car hit a man.
彼
He didn't see the stop sign and almost hit the child crossing the street.
私
I saw the man knocked down by a car.