答え

Japanese

Kanji in this term
答
こた Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
答

Etymology

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 答える.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こたえ [kòtáꜜè] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
(Tokyo) こたえ [kòtáéꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ta̠e̞]

Noun

答(こた)え • (kotae)

answer

Synonyms

Verb

答(こた)え • (kotae)

imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 答える (kotaeru) [ichidan]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“答え”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026