応える

こたえる

to respond

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Meanings

  1. ichidan verb, intransitive, occ. written as 報える to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations)
  2. occ. written as 徹える 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

Its kanji

In sentences

私わたしは彼かれに代かわって応こたえた。 I answered for him. #154088