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    返答

    返へん答とう

    reply

    N1KMT8News #20+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab19 strokes

    へんとう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Intransitive

    1.
    reply, answer

    Stroke 0 / 19

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれの返へん答とうは遅おそかった。

    His reply was late.

    KMT7Daily Life
    質しつ問もんに対たいする明めい確かくな返へん答とうが得えられなかった。

    I didn't receive a clear answer to the question.

    KMT8Daily Life
    メールでの返へん答とうは24時じか間ん以いな内いにお願ねがいします。

    Please reply to the email within 24 hours.

    KMT8Daily LifeInternet & Social Media
    顧こ客きゃくからの問とい合あわせには迅じん速そくな返へん答とうが求もとめられる。

    Prompt replies are required for customer inquiries.

    KMT8Business & FinanceDaily Life
    彼かれの返へん答とうは、その場ばの雰ふん囲い気きを一いっ変ぺんさせるほど重おもいものだった。

    His reply was so profound that it completely changed the atmosphere of the place.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    返
    かえ.す・-かえ.す・かえ.る・-かえ.る…(1)
    return・answer・fade・repay
    答
    こた.える・こた.え…(2)
    solution・answer
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