応える、報える、徹える
こたえる
kotaeru
JMdict entry #1179810
- Ichidan verbintransitive verb to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations)
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Ichidan verbintransitive verb
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
see: 堪える・こたえる・1
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
彼は父の期待にこたえるだろう。
kare ha chichi no kitai ni kotaeru darou 。
He will live up to his father's expectations.
彼は年が自分のみにこたえだしたとこぼした。
kare ha nen ga jibun nomi ni kotae dashi ta to koboshi ta 。
He complained that his age was beginning to tell on him.
彼は三ヶ月間仕事を続け、そのストレスがようやくこたえてきた。
kare ha san kagetsu kan shigoto wo tsuduke 、 sono sutoresu ga youyaku kotae te ki ta 。
He'd been three months in the job and the strain was beginning to tell on him.
彼は最初の小説が抱かせた期待にまだ応えていない作家だった。
kare ha saisho no shousetsu ga idaka se ta kitai ni mada kotae te i nai sakka daxtsu ta 。
He was a writer who had never lived up to the promise of his first novel.
彼は決して両親の期待には応えないだろう。
kare ha kesshite ryoushin no kitai ni ha kotae nai darou 。
He will never live up to his parents' expectations.
彼の話は胸にしみじみこたえた。
kare no hanashi ha mune ni shimijimi kotae ta 。
His story hit home.