応える – Vocabulary details

応こたえる

Verb (1-dan, intransitive)

1. to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations)

2. to affect; to take a 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

sometimes 堪える

respond with action

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to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

to go to one's heart; to cut one to the quick; to give one a deep impression; to clutch at one's heartstrings; to hit home; to strike home

彼かれは決けっして両りょう親しんの期き待たいには応こたえないだろう。

He will never live up to his parent's expectations.

地ち方ほうの需じゅ要ように応こたえるのに十じゅう分ぶんな製せい品ひんの在ざい庫こがある。

We have adequate inventories of the product to meet local demand.

リクエストにお応こたえして、幾いくつか文ぶんを追つい加かしてみました。

I've tried adding a few sentences in response to your request.

当とう社しゃはお客きゃくさまのご要よう望ぼうにお応こたえすることを第だい一いちに考かんがえております。

Our company's first priority is meeting our customers' needs.

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