Lingaku応える【こたえる】
Frequency rank: 1,890. – 1,892.
- to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations)only applies to 応える and 報える
- to 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 strainsometimes 堪えるsee also 堪える
Ichidan verb; intransitive verb
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations)
- to 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
This meaning is used when someone replies to a question or requests, or when something fulfills a requirement or expectation.
This meaning describes the impact or burden that something has on an individual, whether it's a physical challenge or an emotional strain.
The pressure from work is affecting him.
Generated collocations (experimental)
こたえる応えるto respondきたいにこたえる期待に応えるto meet expectationsようきゅう要求にこたえる応えるto respond to demandsえいきょう影響をこたえる応えるto have an effectくつう苦痛にこたえる応えるto be hard on someoneしつもん質問にこたえる応えるto answer a questionせいじつ誠実にこたえる応えるto respond sincerelyあせ汗にこたえる応えるto take a toll with sweatじゅうぶん十分にこたえる応えるto sufficiently meetてきせつ適切にこたえる応えるto respond appropriatelyこころ心にこたえる応えるto strike a chord with the heartれいぼう冷房がきいて効いてこたえる応えるto be effective against the heat (e.g. air conditioning)
Example sentences
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Tektronix's new software perfectly responds to the needs of customers using logic analysers.
I've got to find the cause quickly, get out of this slump and live up to Mr. Tanizaki's expectations.
In order to continue to challenge new things, in order to meet new needs, we work day in day out in R&D.
I was asked, "You OK, kid?". I replied, "Fine."
It is always difficult for a son to live up to the expectations of his parents.
8. ほっきょくくま北極熊は、いきていく生きていくためにからだ体をてきおん適温にたもち保ち、すうじつ数日かすうかげつ数ヶ月もあくかもしれないしょくじ食事のあいだ間もちこたえられる持ちこたえられるだけのじゅうぶん十分なえねるぎいエネルギーをたくわえ蓄えねばならない。
To survive, the polar bear must keep its body at the right temperature and store enough energy to last between meals that could be a few days or a few months apart.
It was then that my father's reproof had come home to me.
He tried very hard to live up to his parents expectations.
He'd been three months in the job and the strain was beginning to tell on him.
He was a writer who had never lived up to the promise of his first novel.
He will never live up to his parent's expectations.