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39 跳ねる To Jump

Alternative Meanings

To Leap, To Hop

Part of Speech

Intransitive verb and Ichidan verb

Reading

はねる

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

あのピョコピョコ飛び跳ねている兎が超可愛くてやばい。

That jumping bunny is SO cute.

Meaning Explanation

Not to be confused with 跳ぶ, this word has the same meaning. The reading is different, however.

Reading Explanation

The reading for this one is は because you're laughing (HAHAHA!!) at the person who put Nair (ねる) on their legs, then only finding it to be really painful, so they have to jump around to get the pain to go away.

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