回答 (かいとう, kaitou) Japanese meaning: reply | Kotomora

回かい答とう

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回答する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	回かい答とうする	回かい答とうしない
Polite	回かい答とうします	回かい答とうしません
Past polite	回かい答とうしました	回かい答とうしませんでした
Past	回かい答とうした	回かい答とうしなかった
Te-form	回かい答とうして	回かい答とうしないで
Desire	回かい答とうしたい	回かい答とうしたくない
Potential	回かい答とうできる	回かい答とうできない
Passive	回かい答とうされる	回かい答とうされない
Causative	回かい答とうさせる	回かい答とうさせない
Causative passive	回かい答とうさせられる	回かい答とうさせられない
Volitional	回かい答とうしよう
Polite volitional	回かい答とうしましょう
Imperative	回かい答とうしろ	回かい答とうするな
Conditional	回かい答とうすれば	回かい答とうしなければ
Tara conditional	回かい答とうしたら	回かい答とうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

reply; answer; response

Used for formal or official replies to questions, surveys, or requests. Often implies a considered response rather than a casual answer.

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Kanji

回-times, round, game
答solution, answer

Related words· 10

返へん事じN4
返事 is a general, often casual or spoken reply, while 回答 is a more formal, typically written response to a question or request.
応おう答とうN2
応答 emphasizes the act of responding (e.g., to a call or signal), whereas 回答 focuses on the content of the formal reply itself.
答こたえN5
答え is the plain, everyday word for an answer, while 回答 is used in more official or written contexts like surveys or inquiries.
答とう弁べんN1
回答 is a neutral, general word for giving an answer (e.g. to a survey or inquiry), while 答弁 is reserved for formal, official answers such as those given in the Diet or in court.

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返へん信しんN3
回答 is a formal, often official answer to an inquiry or survey, whereas 返信 is simply a reply to a received message.
答とう申しんN1
回答 is a general reply or answer to any question, whereas 答申 is specifically the formal reply a committee or advisory panel gives to a requesting authority.
返へん答とうN1
回答 is used for formal, official answers to surveys or written questions, whereas 返答 covers replies to any kind of question or request.
質しつ

Opposites

質しつ問もんN5
質問 is the question that prompts a 回答, making the two natural opposites in a question-and-answer exchange.
質しつ疑ぎN1
質疑 is the act of asking a formal question, while 回答 is the answer or response given to it.

Don't confuse with

解かい答とうN3
解答 and 回答 share the same reading but 解答 refers to solving a problem (e.g., a test answer), while 回答 means a reply to an inquiry.

Word family· 15

単たん回かい答とう
single-answer question format
回かい答とう率りつ
response rate; reply rate
回かい答とう者しゃ
respondent; person who answers
未み回かい答とう
unanswered; unreplied

Etymology

Compound of 回 (kai, 'turn around; return') and 答 (tō, 'answer'), literally 'return answer'. The spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of a formal reply.

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