Japanese Dictionary
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Meaning of 答える in Japanese
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答えるJLPT 5
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Kana Readingこたえる
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Romajikotaeru
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to answer; to reply
- Example sentence
- 何て答えたの？ What did you answer?
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Examples of 答える, こたえる in a sentence
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何て答えたの？
What did you answer?
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Have I answered your question?
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これについては「まことに仰る通りでございます」と答えるしかないのです。
In connection with this I can only reply, "it is just as you say."
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He kindly answered questions.
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When I see typos I lose interest in answering.
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Don't dodge the issue, I want you to answer my question.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 答える
- Plain Polite
- 答えます
- Negative
- 答えない
- Negative Polite
- 答えません
Past
- Plain
- 答えた
- Plain Polite
- 答えました
- Negative
- 答えなかった
- Negative Polite
- 答えませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 答えて
- Plain Polite
- 答えまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 答えられる
- Plain Polite
- 答えられます
- Negative
- 答えられない
- Negative Polite
- 答えられません