こたえる

応 える

Common word

  1. Ichidan verb, intransitive verb

    to respond, to answer, to meet (e.g. demands, expectations)
    occ. written as 報える

    • 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.

  2. Ichidan verb, intransitive verb

    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
    occ. written as 徹える

    • それは彼の身に応えだした。
      It is beginning to tell on him.