返答
へんとう
reply; answer; response
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Examples
彼の返答は拒絶も同然だ。
かれのへんとうはきょぜつもどうぜんだ。
His answer amounts to a refusal.
何度聞いても返答がなかった。
なんどきいてもへんとうがなかった。
However often I asked, there was no answer.
その質問には返答に困った。
そのしつもんにはへんとうにこまった。
I was at a loss how to answer that question.
先方からの返答を待って、次の手を考えよう。
せんぽうからのへんとうをまって、つぎのてをかんがえよう。
Let's wait for their reply and then think about the next move.
Common patterns
- 返答に困る
- to be stuck for an answer
- 返答を待つ
- to await a reply
- 明確な返答
- a clear answer
Memory tip
A spoken or written answer to a question put to you; 返事 is the everyday word, 返答 the stiffer one used in business and reporting. For a reply to a letter or invitation, 返信 or 返事 is the natural choice.
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