こたえる
Also written 応える
Meanings
- Ichidan verb, Intransitive to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations) (occ. written as 報える)
- 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 (occ. written as 徹える) See also: 堪える (こらえる).
Example sentences
- 休憩もしないで長時間働けば、体にこたえてくるよ。
If you work too long without a rest, it begins to tell on you. - 過労が彼の健康にこたえ始めた。
The strain has begun to tell on his health. - その激しい労働が彼の体にこたえ始めているのが、私にははっきりわかった。
I could clearly see that the hard work had begun to tell on his health. - 「いやだ」ときっぱりした態度でこたえた。
"No," he said in a determined manner. - 厳しい労働が彼の体にこたえ始めていた。
Hard labor was beginning to tell on his health.
Common phrases
Words containing こたえる
- 持ちこたえる (もちこたえる) to hold out (e.g. against an attack)
- 踏みこたえる (ふみこたえる) to hold out (against)
- 胸にこたえる (むねにこたえる) to go to one's heart