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応える, 報える, こたえる
- kotaeru
Definition
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
- to respond
- to live up to
- to reward
Definition
- to take its 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
Examples of 応える,報える,こたえる in a Sentence
I could clearly see that the hard work had begun to tell on his health.
I've got to find the cause quickly, get out of this slump and live up to Mr. Tanizaki's expectations.
I could clearly see that the hard work had begun to tell on his health.
I've got to find the cause quickly, get out of this slump and live up to Mr. Tanizaki's expectations.
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応える,報える,こたえる Conjugations
| Plain Polite | 応えます |
|---|---|
| Negative | 応えない |
| Negative Polite | 応えません |
| Past | 応えた |
| Past Polite | 応えました |
| Past Negative | 応えなかった |
| Past Negative Polite | 応えませんでした |
| Te Form | 応えて |
| Progressive | 応えている |
| Progressive Polite | 応えています |
| Progressive Negative | 応えてない |
| Progressive Negative Polite | 応えていません |
| Passive | 応えられる |
| Passive Te Form | 応えられて |
| Imperative | 応えなさい |
| Imperative Polite | 応えてください |
| Imperative Polite Negative | 応えないでください |
| Optative | 応えたい |
| Optative Negative | 応えたくなかった |
| Optative Negative Polite (1st Form) | 応えたくないです |
| Optative Negative Polite (2nd Form) | 応えたくありません |
| Optative Past | 応えたかった |
| Optative Past Negative Polite (1st Form) | 応えたくなかったです |
| Optative Past Negative Polite (2nd Form) | 応えたくありませんでした |
| Optative Te Form | 応えたくて |
| Optative Conditional | 応えたければ |
| Gerund | 応えながら |
| Factitive | 応えさせる |
| Factitive Shortened | 応えさす |
| Potential | 応えれる |
| Potential Polite | 応えれます |
| Conditional (Ba Form) | 応えれば |
| Conditional (Tara Form) | 応えたら |
| Volitional | 応えよう |
| Volitional Polite | 応えましょう |
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