跳(は)ね返(かえ)る

はねかえる
verb (godan, intransitive)
to bounce back; to rebound; to ricochet
自動詞 intransitiveaction
See also: 跳(は)ね返(かえ)す (transitive)
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present跳(は)ね返(かえ)る跳(は)ね返(かえ)らない
Present polite跳(は)ね返(かえ)ります跳(は)ね返(かえ)りません
Past跳(は)ね返(かえ)った跳(は)ね返(かえ)らなかった
Past polite跳(は)ね返(かえ)りました跳(は)ね返(かえ)りませんでした
て form跳(は)ね返(かえ)って跳(は)ね返(かえ)らなくて
ている present跳(は)ね返(かえ)っている跳(は)ね返(かえ)っていない
ている polite跳(は)ね返(かえ)っています跳(は)ね返(かえ)っていません
ている past跳(は)ね返(かえ)っていた跳(は)ね返(かえ)っていなかった
ている past polite跳(は)ね返(かえ)っていました跳(は)ね返(かえ)っていませんでした
Conditional ば跳(は)ね返(かえ)れば跳(は)ね返(かえ)らなければ
Conditional たら跳(は)ね返(かえ)ったら跳(は)ね返(かえ)らなかったら
Volitional跳(は)ね返(かえ)ろう—
Volitional polite跳(は)ね返(かえ)りましょう—
Potential跳(は)ね返(かえ)れる跳(は)ね返(かえ)れない
Passive跳(は)ね返(かえ)られる跳(は)ね返(かえ)られない
Causative跳(は)ね返(かえ)らせる跳(は)ね返(かえ)らせない
Imperative跳(は)ね返(かえ)れ跳(は)ね返(かえ)るな
1. to bounce back; to rebound; to spring back
For a physical object to bounce off a surface and return.
The ball hit the wall and bounced back.
The bullet ricocheted off the armor.
The stone hit the ground and bounced back.
2. to backfire; to have a negative effect return
For negative consequences to return to the person who caused them, or for something to have an unintended rebound effect.
悪口(わるくち)は自分(じぶん)に跳(は)ね返(かえ)る。
Bad-mouthing others comes back to you.
If you deceive others, it will eventually come back to haunt you.

Transitivity

ASPECT (ている):

  • 跳(は)ね返(かえ)ってくる is the usual form for sense 2. The てくる makes the consequence arrive back at the person responsible, which is the whole point of that sense.

Common patterns

Sense 2 is a live metaphor rather than a fixed idiom: what comes back is the consequence of what you did, and it is the sense you meet most often in business and news writing. The compound is 跳(は)ねる (to spring) + 返(かえ)る (to go back).