こたえる – Vocabulary details

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

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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

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.

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