Kanji

応

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Stroke order data: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)(opens in a new tab)
JLPT N1Jōyō · grade 5freq #2667 strokes

Meanings

apply, answer, yes, OK, reply, accept

ES: contestar, responder, aceptar, apropiado, adecuado

On
オウ、ヨウ、-ノウ
Kun
あた.る、まさに、こた.える

Common words

  • 応じるおうじるto respond, to answer, to reply
  • 一応いちおうmore or less, though not quite satisfactorily, after a fashion, pretty much, roughly, so far as it goes, technically
  • 応援おうえんaid, assistance, help, support, reinforcement
  • 応接おうせつreception (e.g. of visitors), dealing with
  • 応対おうたいdealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.), receiving (callers, visitors, etc.), attending to, handling, serving
  • 応用おうよう(practical) application, putting to practical use
  • 応ずるおうずるto answer, to respond, to meet
  • 応急おうきゅうemergency fix, tentative measure, temporary solution

Example sentences

  • その客きゃくの応対おうたいは私わたしがします。

    I'm going to attend to the customer.

    Voy a atender al cliente.

    Tatoeba #211465(opens in a new tab)
  • 私わたしはあなたの要求ようきゅうに応おうじられない。

    I cannot comply with your request.

    No puedo contestar a su petición.

    Tatoeba #161637(opens in a new tab)
  • その女店員じょてんいんが私わたしに応対おうたいしてくれた。

    The sales girl waited on me.

    La vendedora me atendió.

    Tatoeba #209329(opens in a new tab)
  • 私わたしは博覧会はくらんかいのコンパニオンに応募おうぼした。

    I applied to be an attendant at the exposition.

    Eché una solicitud como empleado en la exposición.

    Tatoeba #154625(opens in a new tab)

Dictionary data: JMdict and KANJIDIC2, property of the EDRDG, used under its licence (CC BY-SA 4.0).(opens in a new tab)

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