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応える

こたえる

Readings

こたえる

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v1, vito respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations)
  2. 2.
    v1, vito affect; to take a toll; to strike home; to have an effect on; to be hard on someone (e.g. heat, cold, work, illness, etc.); to be a strain

Kanji breakdown

応
N47 strokesGrade 5

Example sentences

あなたは御両親の期待に応えるべきだ。

You ought to live up to your parents' hopes.

それは彼の身に応えだした。

It is beginning to tell on him.

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応えるこたえる

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

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