(けと)ばす

けとばす
verb (godan, transitive)
to kick away; to kick hard; to reject
他動詞 transitiveaction
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present蹴飛(けと)ばす蹴飛(けと)ばさない
Present polite蹴飛(けと)ばします蹴飛(けと)ばしません
Past蹴飛(けと)ばした蹴飛(けと)ばさなかった
Past polite蹴飛(けと)ばしました蹴飛(けと)ばしませんでした
て form蹴飛(けと)ばして蹴飛(けと)ばさなくて
ている present蹴飛(けと)ばしている蹴飛(けと)ばしていない
ている polite蹴飛(けと)ばしています蹴飛(けと)ばしていません
ている past蹴飛(けと)ばしていた蹴飛(けと)ばしていなかった
ている past polite蹴飛(けと)ばしていました蹴飛(けと)ばしていませんでした
Conditional ば蹴飛(けと)ばせば蹴飛(けと)ばさなければ
Conditional たら蹴飛(けと)ばしたら蹴飛(けと)ばさなかったら
Volitional蹴飛(けと)ばそう
Volitional polite蹴飛(けと)ばしましょう
Potential蹴飛(けと)ばせる蹴飛(けと)ばせない
Passive蹴飛(けと)ばされる蹴飛(けと)ばされない
Causative蹴飛(けと)ばさせる蹴飛(けと)ばさせない
Imperative蹴飛(けと)ばせ蹴飛(けと)ばすな
1. to kick away; to kick hard
To kick something or someone forcefully.
邪魔(じゃま)(いし)蹴飛(けと)ばした。
I kicked away the stone that was in the way.
()(かん)蹴飛(けと)ばして(ある)
To walk while kicking an empty can.
布団(ふとん)蹴飛(けと)ばして()ている
He's sleeping with the blanket kicked off.
2. to reject; to turn down flatly
To refuse an offer or proposal dismissively.
He turned down the generous offer.
She turned down a rare chance for promotion.
I didn't like the terms, so I rejected the contract.

Forms

Compound verb: () (to kick) + ()ばす (to send flying). The second half supplies the force — the object does not merely receive a kick, it goes flying.

Usage

Stronger and more physical than plain (), and distinctly casual. In sense 2 it is a speaker's dismissive characterisation of a refusal — you would not use it in the wording of a formal notice, where (ことわ) or 拒否(きょひ)する belongs. Saying someone 蹴飛(けと)ばした an offer suggests they threw away something others would have taken.

Transitivity

Transitive, taking for the thing kicked or the offer refused. There is no intransitive counterpart; the intransitive image is carried by () on its own.

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