応

Meaning

応 centers on a responsive action: applying oneself to a situation, answering a call, or accepting a request. The meanings 'yes' and 'OK' are natural affirmative responses.

• 対応たいおう
  N2

  correspondence (to); equivalence

• 反応はんのう
  N2

  reaction; response

• 応援おうえん
  N3

  aid; assistance; help; support; reinforcement

• 一応いちおう
  N3

  more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much; roughly; so far as it goes; technically

• 応募おうぼ
  N2

  application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment

• 応ずるおうずる
  N2

  to answer; to respond; to meet

• 応用おうよう
  N2

  (practical) application; putting to practical use

• 相応しいふさわしい
  N2

  appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

• 適応てきおう
  N2

  adaptation; accommodation; conformity

• 応答おうとう
  N2

  reply; answer; response

• 相応そうおう
  N1

  suitable; appropriate; befitting; becoming; adequate; reasonable; proper

• 応えるこたえる
  N2

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

• 応じるおうじる
  N3

  to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for

• 応急おうきゅう
  N1

  emergency fix; tentative measure; temporary solution

• 順応じゅんのう

  adaptation; accommodation; conforming; adjustment

• 応対おうたい
  N2

  dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving

• 手応えてごたえ
  N1

  feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance

• 呼応こおう

  hailing each other

• 応酬おうしゅう

  exchange (of words, views, punches, cups, etc.); give-and-take

• 不相応ふそうおう
  N1

  unsuited; inappropriate; improper; undeserved

• 応接おうせつ
  N2

  reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with

• 応札おうさつ

  making a bid; tendering a bid

• 応分おうぶん

  according to one's abilities; appropriate; reasonable

• 拒絶反応きょぜつはんのう

  (transplant) rejection

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