Illustration: At the service counter of a Japanese luggage shop, a customer presents a small suitcase with its telescoping handle stuck at an absurd angle. The staff member faces the customer attentively, one hand gently stabilizing the case while the other indicates the jammed joint.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

応おう対たい

outai

to attend to, to deal with

Example sentences

  1. その女店員おんなてんいんが私わたしに応対おうたいしてくれた。

    The sales girl waited on me.

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  2. その客きゃくの応対おうたいは私わたしがします。

    I’m going to attend to the customer.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしに応対おうたいしてくれる店員てんいんが見当みあたらなかった。

    I couldn’t find a clerk to wait on me.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 応対

  • 応answer; respondOnオウ・ヨウ・-ノウKunあたる・まさに・こたえる
  • 対vis-a-vis; oppositeOnタイ・ツイKunあいて・こたえる・そろい

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