JLPT N1 · Noun / suru verb

反発 (hanpatsu)

反発 (はんぱつ, hanpatsu) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “opposition; rebellion”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
はんぱつ
Romaji
hanpatsu
Word class
Noun + する (suru verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. opposition; rebellion; revolt; resistance; backlash · noun, suru verb, intransitive
  2. rebounding; recoiling; repulsion · noun, suru verb, intransitive
  3. rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery · noun, suru verb, intransitive

Example sentences

若者達は本来、親の考えに対して反発するものだ。
It is quite natural for young people to rebel against their parents.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 反発

Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary反発するはんぱつする hanpatsusuru
Polite (~masu)反発しますはんぱつします hanpatsushimasu
Negative反発しないはんぱつしない hanpatsushinai
Polite negative反発しませんはんぱつしません hanpatsushimasen
Past反発したはんぱつした hanpatsushita
Polite past反発しましたはんぱつしました hanpatsushimashita
Negative past反発しなかったはんぱつしなかった hanpatsushinakatta
Te-form反発してはんぱつして hanpatsushite
Potential反発できるはんぱつできる hanpatsudekiru
Passive反発されるはんぱつされる hanpatsusareru
Causative反発させるはんぱつさせる hanpatsusaseru
Volitional反発しようはんぱつしよう hanpatsushiyou
Imperative反発しろはんぱつしろ hanpatsushiro
Conditional (~ba)反発すればはんぱつすれば hanpatsusureba

Kanji in 反発

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 反発.

Source: JMdict entry 1480890 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.