NichiDict

応える

こたえる
報える徹える
[kotaeru]

Meanings

1.IchidanIntransitive

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations)

2.IchidanIntransitive

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