答とう辞じ

noun

reply address; formal reply

A formal reply speech given at a ceremony, such as a graduation, in response to a congratulatory address or speech.

• 卒そつ業ぎょう式しきで、在ざい校こう生せい代だい表ひょうが答とう辞じを述のべた。

  At the graduation ceremony, the representative of the current students gave a reply address.

• 答とう辞じを読よむときは、感かん謝しゃの気き持もちを込こめてください。

  When reading the reply address, please put your feelings of gratitude into it.