応える

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
応
こた
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
應える (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「応える」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		応える こたえる
こたえる
Imperative (命令形) 応えろ こたえろ
こたえろ
Key constructions
Passive 応えられる こたえられる
Causative 応えさせる こたえさせる
Potential 応えられる こたえられる
Volitional 応えよう こたえよー
Negative 応えない こたえない
Negative perfective 応えなかった こたえなかった
Formal 応えます こたえます
Perfective 応えた こたえた
Conjunctive 応えて こたえて
Hypothetical conditional 応えれば こたえれば
こたえれば

Verb

応(こた)える • (kotaeru) ←こたへる (kotaferu)?intransitive ichidan (stem 応(こた)え (kotae), past 応(こた)えた (kotaeta))

  1. answer, respond to a call, request
    • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":
      残(ざん)念(ねん)ながら、余(あま)りに多(おお)くの国(くに)々(ぐに)が、変(へん)化(か)を求(もと)める声(こえ)に暴(ぼう)力(りょく)で応(こた)えてきた。
      Zannen nagara, amari ni ōku no kuniguni ga, henka o motomeru koe ni bōryoku de kotaete kita.
      Unfortunately, in too many countries, calls for change have thus far been answered by violence.
  2. reward
  3. live up to
  4. really feel, hit someone, come home to someone

Conjugation

Conjugation of "応える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 応え こたえ kotae
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 応え こたえ kotae
Shūshikei ("terminal") 応える こたえる kotaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 応える こたえる kotaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 応えれ こたえれ kotaere
Meireikei ("imperative") 応えよ¹
応えろ² 		こたえよ¹
こたえろ² 		kotaeyo¹
kotaero²
Key constructions
Passive 応えられる こたえられる kotaerareru
Causative 応えさせる
応えさす 		こたえさせる
こたえさす 		kotaesaseru
kotaesasu
Potential 応えられる
応えれる³ 		こたえられる
こたえれる³ 		kotaerareru
kotaereru³
Volitional 応えよう こたえよう kotaeyō
Negative 応えない
応えぬ
応えん 		こたえない
こたえぬ
こたえん 		kotaenai
kotaenu
kotaen
Negative continuative 応えず こたえず kotaezu
Formal 応えます こたえます kotaemasu
Perfective 応えた こたえた kotaeta
Conjunctive 応えて こたえて kotaete
Hypothetical conditional 応えれば こたえれば kotaereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

See also

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