返答

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
返 答
へん
Grade: 3 		とう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

返(へん)答(とう) • (hentō) ←へんたふ (fentafu)?

  1. answer

Synonyms

Verb

返(へん)答(とう)する • (hentō suru) ←へんたふ (fentafu)?suru (stem 返(へん)答(とう)し (hentō shi), past 返(へん)答(とう)した (hentō shita))

  1. answer

Conjugation

Conjugation of "返答する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 返答し へんとうし hentō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 返答し へんとうし hentō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 返答する へんとうする hentō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 返答する へんとうする hentō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 返答すれ へんとうすれ hentō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 返答せよ¹
返答しろ² 		へんとうせよ¹
へんとうしろ² 		hentō seyo¹
hentō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 返答される へんとうされる hentō sareru
Causative 返答させる
返答さす 		へんとうさせる
へんとうさす 		hentō saseru
hentō sasu
Potential 返答できる へんとうできる hentō dekiru
Volitional 返答しよう へんとうしよう hentō shiyō
Negative 返答しない へんとうしない hentō shinai
Negative continuative 返答せず へんとうせず hentō sezu
Formal 返答します へんとうします hentō shimasu
Perfective 返答した へんとうした hentō shita
Conjunctive 返答して へんとうして hentō shite
Hypothetical conditional 返答すれば へんとうすれば hentō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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