返へん答とう

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

Meanings

A direct reply or answer to a question, request, or statement. Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive or intransitive verb.

〈人ひと〉に返へん答とうするto reply to someone
彼かれは先せん生せいの質しつ問もんに返へん答とうした。
He replied to the teacher's question.
返へん答とうを求もとめるto demand/request a reply
会かい社しゃは取とり引ひき先さきに早そう急きゅうな返へん答とうを求もとめた。
The company asked its business partner for a prompt reply.
返へん答とうを待まつto wait for a reply
彼かの女じょはメールの返へん答とうを待まっている。
She is waiting for a reply to her email.
返へん答とうがないto get no reply
何なん度ども聞きいたが、返へん答とうがなかった。
I asked several times, but there was no reply.

返へん事じN4
返事 is the everyday word for a quick reply to a call or message, while 返答 sounds slightly more formal and suits a more considered answer.
回かい答とうN3
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.
応おう答とうN2
応答 is a more technical or mechanical term for a response (e.g., a system's response), while 返答 is used for ordinary human replies.
答こたえるN5
返答する is a formal, slightly stiffer way to say 'reply' often used in writing or business contexts, while 答える is the everyday general verb for answering.

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応いらえ
返答 is a slightly formal word for a reply used in speech and writing alike, whereas 応え (いらえ) is rarer and has a distinctly literary, old-fashioned feel.
応おう酬しゅう
返答 is a plain, neutral reply to a question, lacking the confrontational or tit-for-tat nuance carried by 応酬.

返へん信しんN3
返信 specifically means a written reply to a letter, email, or message, while 返答 is a general spoken or written answer to a question or request.

件けんN2
「件」can be used for 返答 (replies/responses) as a somewhat formal way to count them, e.g. as items on a list.

Compound of 返 (return) and 答 (answer). The reading is on'yomi for both characters.