こたえる
kotaeru

Ichidan Verb

1. to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations)

Intransitive
あなたは 両親 りょうしん期待 きたい こたえるべきだ。
anatawa goryōshinno kitaini kotaerubekida.
You ought to live up to your parents' hopes.
Ichidan Verb

2. to affect; to take a toll; to strike home; to have an effect on; to be hard on someone (e.g. heat, cold, work, illness, etc.); to be a strain

Intransitive
Related to 堪える【こたえる・1】
それは かれ こたえだした。
sorewa kareno mini kotaedashita.
It is beginning to tell on him.
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