Illustration: At a family dinner table, a father holds the rice paddle above his daughter's nearly empty bowl. He tilts the bowl toward her and raises his eyebrows, visibly asking whether she wants another serving.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

返へん答とう

hentou

reply, answer

Example sentences

彼かれの返答へんとうは拒絶きょぜつも同然どうぜんだ。
His answer amounts to a refusal.
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彼女かのじょは返答へんとうしなかった。
She didn’t reply.
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返答へんとうは肯定的こうていてきなものだった。
The answer was yes.
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Kanji in 返答

返returnOnヘンKunかえす・かえる
答solution; answerOnトウKunこたえる・こたえ

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