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応ずる

おうずる

to answer, to respond, to meet, to satisfy, to accept

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Examples

  1. 会社はお客様の希望に応ずる。

    かいしゃはおきゃくさまのきぼうにおうずる。

    The company meets its customers' wishes.

  2. 彼は友人の求めに応ずることにした。

    かれはゆうじんのもとめにおうずることにした。

    He decided to accept his friend's request.

  3. 政府は国民の声に応ずるべきだと思います。

    せいふはこくみんのこえにおうずるべきだとおもいます。

    I think the government should respond to the voice of the people.

  4. 必要に応ずる形で計画を変えていきます。

    ひつようにおうずるかたちでけいかくをかえていきます。

    We will change the plan in whatever way is needed.

Common patterns

求めに応ずる
to comply with a request
必要に応じて
as needed, as the occasion demands
招きに応ずる
to accept an invitation

Memory tip

This is the stiff, written twin of 応じる — same meaning, same 〜に応じて form in use, but 応ずる shows up in contracts, notices and formal prose. In speech almost everyone says 応じる.

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