Kanji

答

solution, answer

Kanji

Grade

Grade 2

Strokes

12 strokes

Radical

竹部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

トウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

こたえる, こたえ

Nanori (Name Reading)

さと, とし, とみ, とも, のり

Common Readings

トウ, こた…え, こた…える

Example sentences

答える こたえる
先生の質問に答える。

Answer the teacher's question.

即座に そくざに
彼は私の質問に即座に答えた。

He answered my question immediately.

答え こたえ
その質問に対する正しい答えが見つかりません。

I can't find the correct answer to that question.

その場 そのば
その場ですぐに答えを出した。

He gave an answer right then and there.

返答 へんとう
何度ノックしても、部屋の中からは何の返答もなかった。

No matter how many times I knocked, there was no reply from inside the room.

微妙 びみょう
その質問に対する彼の返答は、少し微妙だった。

His answer to that question was a bit vague.

即答 そくとう
彼は即答を避けた。

He avoided giving an immediate answer.

回答 かいとう
アンケートへの回答は今月末までにお願いします。

Please reply to the survey by the end of this month.

見直す みなおす
試験を出す前に、自分の回答を見直した。

I reviewed my answers before handing in the exam.

質問に答える しつもんにこたえる
彼はすべての質問に答えることができた

He was able to answer all the questions.

Example Vocabulary

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