"答える" meaning in Japanese

See 答える in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ko̞ta̠e̞ɾɯ̟]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|こたえる|hhira=こたへる|tr=both|type=2}} 答(こた)える • (kotaeru) ^(←こたへる (kotaferu)?)transitive or intransitive ichidan (stem 答(こた)え (kotae), past 答(こた)えた (kotaeta)) Forms: 答える [canonical] (ruby: (こた)), kotaeru [romanization], kotaferu [romanization], 答え [stem] (ruby: (こた)), 答えた [past] (ruby: (こた)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 答え [error-unrecognized-form], こたえ [error-unrecognized-form], kotae [error-unrecognized-form], 答える [error-unrecognized-form], こたえる [error-unrecognized-form], kotaeru [error-unrecognized-form], 答えれ [error-unrecognized-form], こたえれ [error-unrecognized-form], kotaere [error-unrecognized-form], 答えよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 答えろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], こたえよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], こたえろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], kotaeyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], kotaero [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 答えられる [passive], こたえられる [passive], kotaerareru [passive], 答えさせる [causative], 答えさす [causative], こたえさせる [causative], こたえさす [causative], kotaesaseru [causative], kotaesasu [causative], 答えられる [potential], 答えれる [colloquial, potential], こたえられる [potential], こたえれる [colloquial, potential], kotaerareru [potential], kotaereru [colloquial, potential], 答えよう [volitional], こたえよう [volitional], kotaeyō [volitional], 答えない [negative], 答えぬ [negative], 答えん [negative], こたえない [negative], こたえぬ [negative], こたえん [negative], kotaenai [negative], kotaenu [negative], kotaen [negative], 答えず [continuative, negative], こたえず [continuative, negative], kotaezu [continuative, negative], 答えます [formal], こたえます [formal], kotaemasu [formal], 答えた [perfective], こたえた [perfective], kotaeta [perfective], 答えて [conjunctive], こたえて [conjunctive], kotaete [conjunctive], 答えれば [conditional, hypothetical], こたえれば [conditional, hypothetical], kotaereba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. (intransitive) to answer a question Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-答える-ja-verb-vkXiVsaq Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 57 43 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 59 41 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 59 41 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 64 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 40
  2. (transitive) to say in reply to a question Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-答える-ja-verb-OyjIbLRG Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 応える (kotaeru) (ruby: (こた))

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "答える",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "答",
          "こた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaeru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaferu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答え",
      "roman": "kotae",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "答",
          "こた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えた",
      "roman": "kotaeta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "答",
          "こた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaeyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaeta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "こたえる",
        "hhira": "こたへる",
        "tr": "both",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "答(こた)える • (kotaeru) ^(←こたへる (kotaferu)?)transitive or intransitive ichidan (stem 答(こた)え (kotae), past 答(こた)えた (kotaeta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kotaeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "応",
          "こた"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "応える"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I will answer six questions.",
          "roman": "Muttsu no shitsumon ni kotaeru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "6",
              "むっ"
            ],
            [
              "質",
              "しつ"
            ],
            [
              "問",
              "もん"
            ],
            [
              "答",
              "こた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "6つの質問に答える。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to answer a question"
      ],
      "id": "en-答える-ja-verb-vkXiVsaq",
      "links": [
        [
          "answer",
          "answer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to answer a question"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "She gave her name.",
          "roman": "Namae o kotaeta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "名",
              "な"
            ],
            [
              "前",
              "まえ"
            ],
            [
              "答",
              "こた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "名前を答えた。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to say in reply to a question"
      ],
      "id": "en-答える-ja-verb-OyjIbLRG",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to say in reply to a question"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "こたえる"
    },
    {
      "other": "こたえる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞ta̠e̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "答える"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese ichidan verbs",
    "Japanese intransitive verbs",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese shimo ichidan verbs",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "答える",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "答",
          "こた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaeru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaferu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答え",
      "roman": "kotae",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "答",
          "こた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えた",
      "roman": "kotaeta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "答",
          "こた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaeyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaeta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "答えれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こたえれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotaereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "こたえる",
        "hhira": "こたへる",
        "tr": "both",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "答(こた)える • (kotaeru) ^(←こたへる (kotaferu)?)transitive or intransitive ichidan (stem 答(こた)え (kotae), past 答(こた)えた (kotaeta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "kotaeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "応",
          "こた"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "応える"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese intransitive verbs",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I will answer six questions.",
          "roman": "Muttsu no shitsumon ni kotaeru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "6",
              "むっ"
            ],
            [
              "質",
              "しつ"
            ],
            [
              "問",
              "もん"
            ],
            [
              "答",
              "こた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "6つの質問に答える。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to answer a question"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "answer",
          "answer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to answer a question"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "She gave her name.",
          "roman": "Namae o kotaeta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "名",
              "な"
            ],
            [
              "前",
              "まえ"
            ],
            [
              "答",
              "こた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "名前を答えた。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to say in reply to a question"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to say in reply to a question"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "こたえる"
    },
    {
      "other": "こたえる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞ta̠e̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "答える"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 答える meaning in Japanese (7.1kB)

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