響(ひび)かせる

ひびかせる

verb (ichidan, transitive)

to make resound; to cause to echo; to spread (one's name/fame)

他動詞 transitiveaction

Conjugation

	Affirmative	Negative
Present	響(ひび)かせる	響(ひび)かせない
Present polite	響(ひび)かせます	響(ひび)かせません
Past	響(ひび)かせた	響(ひび)かせなかった
Past polite	響(ひび)かせました	響(ひび)かせませんでした
て form	響(ひび)かせて	響(ひび)かせなくて
ている present	響(ひび)かせている	響(ひび)かせていない
ている polite	響(ひび)かせています	響(ひび)かせていません
ている past	響(ひび)かせていた	響(ひび)かせていなかった
ている past polite	響(ひび)かせていました	響(ひび)かせていませんでした
Conditional ば	響(ひび)かせれば	響(ひび)かせなければ
Conditional たら	響(ひび)かせたら	響(ひび)かせなかったら
Volitional	響(ひび)かせよう	—
Volitional polite	響(ひび)かせましょう	—
Potential	響(ひび)かせられる	響(ひび)かせられない
Passive	響(ひび)かせられる	響(ひび)かせられない
Causative	響(ひび)かせさせる	響(ひび)かせさせない
Imperative	響(ひび)かせろ	響(ひび)かせるな

1. to make (a sound) resound; to cause to echo

To deliberately produce a sound loud enough to fill or echo through a space. The causative/transitive counterpart of 響(ひび)く (to resound).

ホールに歌声(うたごえ)を響(ひび)かせた。

She made her singing voice resound through the hall.

大(おお)きな声(こえ)を響(ひび)かせて応援(おうえん)した。

We cheered, letting our voices ring out loudly.

足音(あしおと)を響(ひび)かせながら廊下(ろうか)を歩(ある)いた。

I walked down the hallway with my footsteps echoing.

オーケストラが力強(ちからづよ)い演奏(えんそう)でホール全体(ぜんたい)に音(おと)を響(ひび)かせた。

The orchestra filled the entire hall with sound through its powerful performance.

2. to spread (one's name, fame, voice) far and wide

Used figuratively in expressions about reputation, fame, or one's name spreading widely — e.g., 名(な)を響(ひび)かせる (to make a name for oneself).

彼(かれ)は若(わか)くして世界(せかい)に名(な)を響(ひび)かせたピアニストだ。

He is a pianist who made his name known around the world at a young age.

その研究(けんきゅう)は、学界(がっかい)に彼女(かのじょ)の名(な)を響(ひび)かせるきっかけとなった。

That research became the catalyst that made her name resonate throughout the academic world.

響(ひび)かせる is the transitive counterpart of 響(ひび)く (to resound). It is morphologically a causative form (-ku verb's causative of せる) used as an established transitive verb in its own right. It is conjugated as a regular ichidan verb.

Transitivity

Intransitive: 音(おと)が響(ひび)く (The sound resounds)
Transitive: 音(おと)を響(ひび)かせる (To make the sound resound)

Usage

Sense 1 (literal sound): used for making voices, footsteps, music, applause, etc., fill a space.
Sense 2 (figurative — reputation): mostly fixed in expressions involving 名(な) (name, reputation): 名(な)を響(ひび)かせる, 世(よ)に名(な)を響(ひび)かせる, etc.
響(ひび)かせる often connotes deliberate or impressive volume / reach, as opposed to incidental sound. 足音(あしおと)を響(ひび)かせて歩(ある)く feels more dramatic than just 歩(ある)く.
It can also be used reflectively in literary writing: 鐘(かね)が町(まち)に響(ひび)き渡(わた)る (intransitive) vs. 鐘(かね)を町(まち)に響(ひび)かせる (transitive — someone is ringing the bell).

Common collocations

声(こえ)を響(ひび)かせる: to let one's voice ring out
音(おと)を響(ひび)かせる: to make a sound resound
足音(あしおと)を響(ひび)かせる: to make footsteps echo
笑(わら)い声(ごえ)を響(ひび)かせる: to let one's laughter ring out
名(な)を響(ひび)かせる: to make a name for oneself; to become famous
名声(めいせい)を響(ひび)かせる: to spread one's reputation

Related words

響(ひび)く: intransitive counterpart — to resound, to echo, to resonate
響(ひび)き: a resonance, an echo, a ring (noun)
鳴(な)らす: to sound, to ring (transitive — for instruments, bells, alarms)
鳴(な)り響(ひび)く: to ring out (intransitive compound, more emphatic)

Related Words

Related: 響(ひび)き (a resonance, an echo, a ring)

Related: 鳴(な)らす (to sound, to ring (transitive)

Related: 鳴(な)り響(ひび)く (to ring out)

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Added 2026.5.9 20:31 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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